Reconstructing the Bost--Connes semigroup actions from K-theory

Abstract

We complete the classification of Bost--Connes systems. We show that two Bost--Connes C*-algebras for number fields are isomorphic if and only if the original semigroups actions are conjugate. Together with recent reconstruction results in number theory by Cornelissen--de Smit--Li--Marcolli--Smit, we conclude that two Bost--Connes C*-algebras are isomorphic if and only if the original number fields are isomorphic.