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An overview on self-similar graphs, their generalizations, and their associated algebras

Enrique Pardo
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These notes were originally intended to be complementary material for an introductory course on self-similar graphs and their algebras, presented by the author at the CIMPA School ``K-theory and Operator Algebras'', held in La Plata and Buenos Aires (Argentina) from 28 July to 8 August 2025. In these notes, we introduce the concept of self-similar graph, associated with groups acting on graphs. We define the corresponding $C^*$-algebra using different complementary approaches, to understand its basic properties. We also analyze various generalizations that appear in the literature and, in particular, review the relationship of this construction with Zappa-Szép products. Finally, we present very recent results on homology and $K$-theory for these algebras.

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Enrique Pardo. 2025-09-23. An overview on self-similar graphs, their generalizations, and their associated algebras. https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.18702

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