Some more talents of the talented monoid of a higher-rank graph

Abstract: In this paper, we explore the idea that the graded Grothendieck group $K_0^{gr}$, or equivalently its positive cone, the talented monoid, can detect the structural type of higher-rank graph algebras (i.e., higher-rank graph $C^*$-algebras and Kumjian--Pask algebras). We show that the talented monoid captures some of the essential geometric information of a higher-rank graph, including the existence of cycles with and without entrances. In turn, we show that the graded $K$-theory can effectively distinguish the class of locally finite Kumjian--Pask algebras, and also the class of crossed product Kumjian--Pask algebras. We also derive talented monoid criteria for higher-rank graph algebras to be purely infinite simple, and not to be $AF$ or ultramatricial.