Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 November 2018
Let $(Y,\,T)$ be a minimal suspension flow built over a dynamical system
$(X,\,S)$ and with (strictly positive, continuous) ceiling function
$f:\,X\,\to \,\mathbb{R}$. We show that the eigenvalues of
$(Y,\,T)$ are contained in the range of a trace on the
${{K}_{0}}$-group of
$(X,\,S)$. Moreover, a trace gives an order isomorphism of a subgroup of
${{K}_{0}}\left( C(X)\,{{\rtimes }_{S}}\,\mathbb{Z} \right)$ with the group of eigenvalues of
$(Y,\,T)$. Using this result, we relate the values of
$t$ for which the time-
$t$ map on the minimal suspension flow is minimal with the
$K$-theory of the base of this suspension.