Smale space C*-algebras have non-zero projections
The main result of the present paper is that the stable and unstable $C^*$-algebras associated to a mixing Smale space always contain nonzero projections. This gives a positive answer to a question of the first listed author and Karen Strung and has implications for the structure of these algebras in light of the Elliott program for simple $C^*$-algebras. Using our main result, we also show that t
