In this paper we characterize the minimal left ideals of a Leavitt path algebra as those which are isomorphic to principal left ideals generated by line points; that is, by vertices whose trees contain neither bifurcations nor closed paths. Moreover, we show that the socle of a Leavitt path algebra is the two-sided ideal generated by these line point vertices. This characterization allows us to compute the socle of certain algebras that arise as the Leavitt path algebra of a row-finite graph. A complete description of the socle of a Leavitt path algebra is given: it is a locally matricial algebra. (c) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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UIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Fac Sci & Technol, Math Dept, Yogyakarta 55281, IndonesiaUIN Sunan Kalijaga Yogyakarta, Fac Sci & Technol, Math Dept, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia