Groups with Finite Dimensional Irreducible Multiplier Representations

1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Holzherr

Let G be a locally compact group and ω a normalized multiplier on G. Denote by V(G) (respectively by V(G, ω)) the von Neumann algebra generated by the regular representation (respectively co-regular representation) of G. Kaniuth [6] and Taylor [14] have characterized those G for which the maximal type I finite central projection in V(G) is non-zero (respectively the identity operator in V(G)).In this paper we determine necessary and sufficient conditions on G and ω such that the maximal type / finite central projection in V(G, ω) is non-zero (respectively the identity operator in V(G, ω)) and construct this projection explicitly as a convolution operator on L2(G). As a consequence we prove the following statements are equivalent,(i) V(G, ω) is type I finite,(ii) all irreducible multiplier representations of G are finite dimensional,(iii) Gω (the central extension of G) is a Moore group, that is all its irreducible (ordinary) representations are finite dimensional.

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 643-657 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. ALBEVERIO ◽  
SH. A. AYUPOV ◽  
K. K. KUDAYBERGENOV ◽  
B. O. NURJANOV

The paper is devoted to local derivations on the algebra [Formula: see text] of τ-measurable operators affiliated with a von Neumann algebra [Formula: see text] and a faithful normal semi-finite trace τ. We prove that every local derivation on [Formula: see text] which is continuous in the measure topology, is in fact a derivation. In the particular case of type I von Neumann algebras, they all are inner derivations. It is proved that for type I finite von Neumann algebras without an abelian direct summand, and also for von Neumann algebras with the atomic lattice of projections, the continuity condition on local derivations in the above results is redundant. Finally we give necessary and sufficient conditions on a commutative von Neumann algebra [Formula: see text] for the algebra [Formula: see text] to admit local derivations which are not derivations.


2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 7596-7614
Author(s):  
Julien Esse Atto ◽  
Victor Kofi Assiamoua

Let G be a locally compact group equipped with a normalized Haar measure , A(G) the Fourier algebraof G and V N(G) the von Neumann algebra generated by the left regular representation of G. In this paper, we introduce the space V N(G;A) associated with the Fourier algebra A(G;A) for vector-valued functions on G, where A is a H-algebra. Some basic properties are discussed in the category of Banach space, and alsoin the category of operator space.


Author(s):  
DEBASHISH GOSWAMI ◽  
KALYAN B. SINHA

Given a formal unbounded generator, the minimal quantum dynamical semigroup on a von Neumann algebra is constructed. A set of equivalent necessary and sufficient conditions for the conservativity of the minimal semigroup is given and in the case when it is not conservative, a distinguished family of conservative perturbations of the semigroup is studied. Finally, some of these results are applied to the classical Markov semigroup with arbitrary state space.


1981 ◽  
Vol 33 (6) ◽  
pp. 1469-1486 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Cecchini ◽  
A. Zappa

Let G be an amenable locally compact group. We will use the terminology of [3] and denote by VN(G) the Von Neumann algebra of the regular representation and by A(G) its predual, which is the algebra of the coefficients of the regular representation. The Von Neumann algebra VN(G) is, in a natural fashion, a module with respect to A(G) [3].The algebra of bounded linear operators on VN(G), which commute with the action of A(G), has been studied in [6] and in [1]. If UCB(Ĝ) is the space of the elements of VN(G) of the form vT, for some v in A(G) and some T in VN(G) (see for instance [4]), in [6] and in [1] it is proved that, for any amenable locally compact group there exists an isometric bijection between and UCB(Ĝ)*.


1977 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Guyan Robertson

We investigate here the question of uniqueness of best approximation to operators in von Neumann algebras by elements of certain linear subspaces. Recall that a linear subspace V of a Banach space X is called a Chebyshev subspace if each vector in X has a unique best approximation by vectors in V. Our first main result characterizes the one-dimensional Chebyshev subspaces of a von Neumann algebra. This may be regarded as a generalization of a result of Stampfli [(4), theorem 2, corollary] which states that the scalar multiples of the identity operator form a Chebyshev subspace. Alternatively it may be regarded as a generalization of the commutative situation in which a continuous complex-valued function f on a compact Hausdorff space X spans a Chebyshev subspace of C(X) if and only if f does not vanish on X [(3), p. 215]. Our second main result is that a finite dimensional * subalgebra, of dimension > 1, of an infinite dimensional von Neumann algebra cannot be a Chebyshev subspace. This imposes limits to further generalization of Stampfli's result.


2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (08) ◽  
pp. 1550064
Author(s):  
Bachir Bekka

Let Γ be a discrete group and 𝒩 a finite factor, and assume that both have Kazhdan's Property (T). For p ∈ [1, +∞), p ≠ 2, let π : Γ →O(Lp(𝒩)) be a homomorphism to the group O(Lp(𝒩)) of linear bijective isometries of the Lp-space of 𝒩. There are two actions πl and πr of a finite index subgroup Γ+ of Γ by automorphisms of 𝒩 associated to π and given by πl(g)x = (π(g) 1)*π(g)(x) and πr(g)x = π(g)(x)(π(g) 1)* for g ∈ Γ+ and x ∈ 𝒩. Assume that πl and πr are ergodic. We prove that π is locally rigid, that is, the orbit of π under O(Lp(𝒩)) is open in Hom (Γ, O(Lp(𝒩))). As a corollary, we obtain that, if moreover Γ is an ICC group, then the embedding g ↦ Ad (λ(g)) is locally rigid in O(Lp(𝒩(Γ))), where 𝒩(Γ) is the von Neumann algebra generated by the left regular representation λ of Γ.


Author(s):  
Klaus Thomsen

SynopsisWe consider automorphic actions on von Neumann algebras of a locally compact group E given as a topological extension 0 → A → E → G → 0, where A is compact abelian and second countable. Motivated by the wish to describe and classify ergodic actions of E when G is finite, we classify (up to conjugacy) first the ergodic actions of locally compact groups on finite-dimensional factors and then compact abelian actions with the property that the fixed-point algebra is of type I with atomic centre. We then handle the case of ergodic actions of E with the property that the action is already ergodic when restricted to A, and then, as a generalisation, the case of (not necessarily ergodic) actions of E with the property that the restriction to A is an action with abelian atomic fixed-point algebra. Both these cases are handled for general locally compact-countable G. Finally, we combine the obtained results to classify the ergodic actions of E when G is finite, provided that either the extension is central and Hom (G, T) = 0, or G is abelian and either cyclic or of an order not divisible by a square.


2017 ◽  
Vol 69 (3) ◽  
pp. 548-578 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hartglass

AbstractWe study a canonical C* -algebra, 𝒮(Г,μ), that arises from a weighted graph (Г,μ), speci fic cases of which were previously studied in the context of planar algebras. We discuss necessary and sufficient conditions of the weighting that ensure simplicity and uniqueness of trace of 𝒮(Г,μ), and study the structure of its positive cone. We then study the *-algebra,𝒜, generated by the generators of 𝒮(Г,μ), and use a free differential calculus and techniques of Charlesworth and Shlyakhtenko as well as Mai, Speicher, and Weber to show that certain “loop” elements have no atoms in their spectral measure. After modifying techniques of Shlyakhtenko and Skoufranis to show that self adjoint elements x ∊ Mn(𝒜) have algebraic Cauchy transform, we explore some applications to eigenvalues of polynomials inWishart matrices and to diagrammatic elements in von Neumann algebras initially considered by Guionnet, Jones, and Shlyakhtenko.


1990 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-138
Author(s):  
A. B. Thaheem ◽  
Noor Mohammad

Let{αt:t∈R}and{βt:t∈R}be two commuting one-parameter groups of∗-automorphisms of a von Neumann algebraMsuch thatαt+α−t=βt+β−tfor allt∈R. The purpose of this note is to provide a simple and short proof of the central decomposition result:αt=βtonMpand aαt=β−tonM(1−p)for a central projectionp∈M, without using the theory of spectral subspaces.


2006 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 768-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhiguo Hu ◽  
Matthias Neufang

AbstractThe decomposability number of a von Neumann algebra ℳ (denoted by dec(ℳ)) is the greatest cardinality of a family of pairwise orthogonal non-zero projections in ℳ. In this paper, we explore the close connection between dec(ℳ) and the cardinal level of the Mazur property for the predual ℳ* of ℳ, the study of which was initiated by the second author. Here, our main focus is on those von Neumann algebras whose preduals constitute such important Banach algebras on a locally compact group G as the group algebra L1(G), the Fourier algebra A(G), the measure algebra M(G), the algebra LUC(G)*, etc. We show that for any of these von Neumann algebras, say ℳ, the cardinal number dec(ℳ) and a certain cardinal level of the Mazur property of ℳ* are completely encoded in the underlying group structure. In fact, they can be expressed precisely by two dual cardinal invariants of G: the compact covering number κ(G) of G and the least cardinality ᙭(G) of an open basis at the identity of G. We also present an application of the Mazur property of higher level to the topological centre problem for the Banach algebra A(G)**.


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