A New Geometric Morita Invariant for Higher Rank Graph $C^*$-algebras

Abstract

Higher rank graphs, also known as $k$-graphs, are a $k$-dimensional generalization of directed graphs and a rich source of examples of $C^*$-algebras. In the present paper, we contribute to the geometric classification program for $k$-graph $C^*$-algebras by introducing a new move on $k$-graphs, called LiMaR-split, which is a generalization of outsplit for directed graphs. We show, under one additional assumption, that LiMaR-split preserves the $k$-graph $C^*$-algebras up to Morita equivalence.