Orbit equivalence of higher-rank graphs

Abstract

We study the notions of continuous orbit equivalence and eventual one-sided conjugacy of finitely-aligned higher-rank graphs and two-sided conjugacy of row-finite higher-rank graphs with finitely many vertices and no sinks or sources. We show that there is a continuous orbit equivalence between two finitely-aligned higher-rank graphs that preserves the periodicity of boundary paths if and only if the boundary path groupoids are isomorphic, and characterise continuous orbit equivalence, eventual one-sided conjugacy, and two-sided conjugacy of higher-rank graphs in terms of the $C^*$-algebras and the Kumjian-Pask algebras of the higher-rank graphs.