Locally finite weighted Leavitt path algebras

Abstract

A group graded $K$-algebra $A=\bigoplus\limits_{g\in G} A_g$ is called "locally finite" if $\dim_K A_g < \infty$ for every $g\in G$. We characterise the weighted graphs $(E,w)$ for which the weighted Leavitt path algebra $L_K(E,w)$ is locally finite with respect to its standard grading. We also prove that the locally finite weighted Leavitt path algebras are precisely the Noetherian ones and that $L_K(E,w)$ is locally finite iff $(E,w)$ is finite and the Gelfand-Kirillov dimension of $L_K(E,w)$ equals $0$ or $1$. Further it is shown that a locally finite weighted Leavitt path algebra is isomorphic to a locally finite Leavitt path algebra and therefore is isomorphic to a finite direct sum of matrix algebras over $K$ and $K[X,X^{-1}]$.