On the homotopy groups of the automorphism groups of Cuntz-Krieger algebras

Abstract

In this paper, we first present the homotopy groups of the automorphism groups of Cuntz--Krieger algebras in terms of the underlying matrices of the Cuntz--Krieger algebras. We also show that the homotopy groups are complete invariants of the isomorphism class of the Cuntz--Krieger algebras. As a result, the isomorphism type of Cuntz--Krieger algebras are completely characterized by the group structure of the weak and strong extension groups.