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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2021
For two $\sigma $-unital
$C^*$-algebras, we consider two equivalence bimodules over them, respectively. Then, by taking the crossed products by the equivalence bimodules, we get two inclusions of
$C^*$-algebras. Furthermore, we suppose that one of the inclusions of
$C^*$-algebras is irreducible, that is, the relative commutant of one of the
$\sigma $-unital
$C^*$-algebras in the multiplier
$C^*$-algebra of the crossed product is trivial. We will give a sufficient and necessary condition that the two inclusions are strongly Morita equivalent. Applying this result, we will compute the Picard group of a unital inclusion of unital
$C^*$-algebras induced by an equivalence bimodule over the unital
$C^*$-algebra under the assumption that the unital inclusion of unital
$C^*$-algebras is irreducible.