The reduction theorem for algebras of one-sided subshifts over arbitrary alphabets

Abstract

Let $R$ be a commutative unital ring, $\textsf{X}$ a subshift, and $\widetilde{\mathcal{A}}_R(\textsf{X})$ the corresponding unital subshift algebra. We establish the reduction theorem for $\widetilde{\mathcal{A}}_R(\textsf{X})$. As a consequence, we obtain a Cuntz-Krieger uniqueness theorem for $\widetilde{\mathcal{A}}_R(\textsf{X})$ and we show that $\widetilde{\mathcal{A}}_R(\textsf{X})$ is semiprimitive (resp. semiprime) whenever $R$ is a field (resp. a domain).