Graph product Khintchine inequalities and Hecke C*-algebras: Haagerup inequalities, (non)simplicity, nuclearity and exactness

Abstract

Graph products of groups were introduced by Green in her thesis. They have an operator algebraic counterpart introduced and explored by Fima and the first-named author. In this paper we prove Khintchine type inequalities for general C${}^{\ast }$-algebraic graph products which generalize results by Ricard and Xu on free products of C${}^{\ast }$-algebras. We apply these inequalities in the context of (right-angled) Hecke C${}^{\ast }$-algebras, which are deformations of the group algebra of Coxeter groups. For these we deduce a Haagerup inequality. We further use this to study the simplicity and trace uniqueness of (right-angled) Hecke C${}^{\ast }$-algebras. Lastly we characterize exactness and nuclearity of general Hecke C${}^{\ast }$-algebras.

version accepted for J. Functional Analysis