From Stable Rank One to Real Rank Zero: A Note on Tracial Approximate Oscillation Zero

Abstract

We present a relation between stable rank one and real rank zero via the method of tracial oscillation. Let $A$ be a simple separable $C^*$-algebra of stable rank one. We show that $A$ has tracial approximate oscillation zero and, as a consequence, the tracial sequence algebra $l^\infty(A)/J_A$ has real rank zero, where $J_A$ is the trace-kernel ideal with respect to 2-quasitraces. We also show that for a $C^*$-algebra $B$ that has non-trivial 2-quasitraces, $B$ has tracial approximate oscillation zero is equivalent to $l^\infty(B)/J_B$ has real rank zero.