Smooth vectors for the torus action on the irrational rotation algebra

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There exists a canonical action of the group $S^1\times S^1$ on the irrational rotation algebra $A_\theta$, which is the universal C*algebra generated by two unitaries $u$ and $v$ satisfying $uv=e^{i2\pi\theta}vu$, where $\theta$ is an irrational between 0 and 1. That action maps each pair $(z_1,z_2)$, to the automorphism of $A_\theta$ determined by $u\mapsto z_1 u$ and $v\mapsto z_2 v$.

In his 1980 paper, "C$^*$algébres et géométrie différentielle", Alain Connes states that the sub-algebra of the elements of $A_\theta$ whose orbit under that action is smooth consists precisely of those elements of the form $\sum_{(n,m)\in\mathbb{Z}\times\mathbb{Z}}s_{n,m}u^n v^m$, where the complex sequence $(s_{n,m})$ is rapidly decreasing. Since then, many subsequent papers (for example, Bhatt, Inoue & Ogi, "Differential Structures in C*algebras", 2011, Example 6.2.iii) also state this fact, but I have never seen a proof of the harder part of the statement (it is not too hard to prove that the elements of that form do have smooth orbit).

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This kind of folklore is endemic in NCG. At the risk of immodesty, let me point you to section 2 (specifically proposition 2.18) of this paper, which arose because I needed to use the same folklore but wasn't confident enough to wield it as folklore.