Recasting the Hazrat Conjecture: Relating Shift Equivalence to Graded Morita Equivalence

Abstract

Let E and F be finite graphs with no sinks, and k any field. We show that shift equivalence of the adjacency matrices \(A_E\) and \(A_F\), together with an additional compatibility condition, implies that the Leavitt path algebras \(L_k(E)\) and \(L_k(F)\) are graded Morita equivalent. Along the way, we build a new type of \(L_k(E)\)–\(L_k(F)\)-bimodule (a bridging bimodule), which we use to establish the graded equivalence.