Certain Cuntz semigroup properties of extension C*-algebras

Abstract

Let $0 \xrightarrow{}I \xrightarrow{ } A \xrightarrow{ }A/I \xrightarrow{} 0$ be a short exact sequence of C*-algebras. In this paper, we prove that if $\dim({\rm Cu}(I))\leq n$ and $\dim({\rm Cu}(A/I))\leq m$, then $\dim({\rm Cu}(A))\leq n+m+1$, this result gives an affirmative answer to a problem concerning the Cu-semigroup of C*-algebras raised by Thiel and Vilalta. We further show that certain comparison and divisibility properties satisfied by $I$ and $A/I$ are inherited by the extension algebra $A$. As an application, we provide an alternative proof of equivalence that $A$ is pure if and only if $I$ and $A/I$, a result originally proven by Perera, Thiel, and Vilalta.