A Construction of Approximately Finite-Dimensional Non-ITPFI Factors

1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alain Connes ◽  
E. J. Woods
Keyword(s):  
Matrix Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Dimensional Matrix ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
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A von Neumann algebra is said to be approximately finite-dimensional if it is of the formwhere Mn⊆Mn+1 for each n and each Mn is a finite-dimensional matrix algebra. A factor is said to be ITPFI if it is of the form

Perturbations of AF-Algebras

1979 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1012-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Phillips ◽  
Iain Raeburn
Keyword(s):  
Hilbert Space ◽  
Unit Ball ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Unitary Operator ◽  
Affirmative Answer ◽  
Positive Answer ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
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Af Algebras

Let A and B be C*-algebras acting on a Hilbert space H, and letwhere A1 is the unit ball in A and d(a, B1) denotes the distance of a from B1. We shall consider the following problem: if ‖A – B‖ is sufficiently small, does it follow that there is a unitary operator u such that uAu* = B?Such questions were first considered by Kadison and Kastler in [9], and have received considerable attention. In particular in the case where A is an approximately finite-dimensional (or hyperfinite) von Neumann algebra, the question has an affirmative answer (cf [3], [8], [12]). We shall show that in the case where A and B are approximately finite-dimensional C*-algebras (AF-algebras) the problem also has a positive answer.

scholarly journals Coordinates for analytic operator algebras

1989 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-47
Author(s):  
Baruch Solel
Keyword(s):  
Abelian Group ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Operator Algebras ◽  
Dual Group ◽  
Positive Semigroup ◽  
Analytic Operator ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Analytic Algebra ◽  
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Let M be a σ-finite von Neumann algebra and α = {αt}t∈A be a representation of a compact abelian group A as *-automorphisms of M. Let Γ be the dual group of A and suppose that Γ is totally ordered with a positive semigroup Σ⊆Γ. The analytic algebra associated with α and Σ iswhere spα(a) is Arveson's spectrum. These algebras were studied (also for A not necessarily compact) by several authors starting with Loebl and Muhly [10].

Groups with Finite Dimensional Irreducible Multiplier Representations

1985 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 635-643 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. K. Holzherr
Keyword(s):  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Regular Representation ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Locally Compact Group ◽  
Identity Operator ◽  
Central Projection ◽  
List Type ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

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.

Ergodic theorems for semifinite von Neumann algebras: II

1980 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 135-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. J. Yeadon
Keyword(s):  
Banach Spaces ◽  
Ergodic Theorem ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Operator Norm ◽  
Ergodic Theorems ◽  
Unbounded Operators ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
The Mean ◽  
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In (7) we proved maximal and pointwise ergodic theorems for transformations a of a von Neumann algebra which are linear positive and norm-reducing for both the operator norm ‖ ‖∞ and the integral norm ‖ ‖1 associated with a normal trace ρ on . Here we introduce a class of Banach spaces of unbounded operators, including the Lp spaces defined in (6), in which the transformations α reduce the norm, and in which the mean ergodic theorem holds; that is the averagesconverge in norm.

scholarly journals RELATIVE TORSION

2001 ◽  
Vol 03 (01) ◽  
pp. 15-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAN BURGHELEA ◽  
LEONID FRIEDLANDER ◽  
THOMAS KAPPELER
Keyword(s):  
Fundamental Group ◽  
Finite Type ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Hilbert Module ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Geometric Invariants ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Special Cases ◽  
Relative Torsion

This paper achieves, among other things, the following: • It frees the main result of [9] from the hypothesis of determinant class and extends this result from unitary to arbitrary representations. • It extends (and at the same times provides a new proof of) the main result of Bismut and Zhang [3] from finite dimensional representations of Γ to representations on an [Formula: see text]-Hilbert module of finite type ([Formula: see text] a finite von Neumann algebra). The result of [3] corresponds to [Formula: see text]. • It provides interesting real valued functions on the space of representations of the fundamental group Γ of a closed manifold M. These functions might be a useful source of topological and geometric invariants of M. These objectives are achieved with the help of the relative torsion ℛ, first introduced by Carey, Mathai and Mishchenko [12] in special cases. The main result of this paper calculates explicitly this relative torsion (cf. Theorem 1.1).

Modularity in the Lattice of Projections of a von Neumann Algebra

1984 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 1021-1030
Author(s):  
Donald Bures
Keyword(s):  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Independence Property ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
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We say that two elements e and f of a lattice are moderately separated provided e ∧ f = 0 and both (e′, f′) and (f′, e′) are modular pairs for all e′ ≦ e and f′ ≦ f. Here (e′, f′) a modular pair means that, for all g ≧ e′,In the lattice of projections of a factor we show that e and f, with e ∧ f = 0, are modularly separated if and only if ‖(e – k)f‖ < 1 for some finite projection k ≦ e. From there we can show that a kind of “independence property” holds for modular separation in this case: if e and f are modularly separated and if e ∨ f and g are modularly separated, then e and f ∧ g are modularly separated.

RELATIVE ENTROPY FOR ABELIAN SUBALGEBRAS

2010 ◽  
Vol 21 (04) ◽  
pp. 537-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
RUI OKAYASU
Keyword(s):  
Relative Entropy ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Abelian Subalgebras ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebra

For finite dimensional abelian subalgebras of a finite von Neumann algebra, we obtain the value of conditional relative entropy defined by Choda. We also consider the modified invariant defined by Pimsner and Popa.

scholarly journals Decomposition of a Von Neumann Algebra Relative to a*-Automorphism

1979 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Thaheem
Keyword(s):  
Null Space ◽  
Complex Banach Space ◽  
Dimension Theory ◽  
Range Space ◽  
Bounded Linear ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Finite Dimensional ◽  
Direct Sum Decomposition ◽  
Whole Space ◽  
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Let X be any real or complex Banach space. If T is a bounded linear operator on X then denote by N(T) the null space of T and by R(T) the range space of T.Now if X is finite dimensional and N(T) = N(T2) then also R(T) = R(T2). Therefore X admits a direct sum decomposition.Indeed it is easy to see that N(T) = N(T2) implies that and, using dimension theory of finite dimensional spaces, that N(T) and R(T) span the whole space (see, for example, (2, pp. 271–73))

scholarly journals A bounded map associated to a one-parameter group of *-automorphisms of a von Neumann algebra

1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-140 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. B. Thaheem
Keyword(s):  
Operator Equation ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Parameter Group ◽  
Group Of Automorphisms ◽  
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Let M be a von Neumann algebra and a strongly continuous one-parameter group of *-automorphisms of M. Recently, considerable interest has been shown in the associated mappings (see for instance [2], [3] and [4]). The paper of Thaheem, Van Daele and Vanheeswijk [4] exclusively deals with these mappings. The main result of [4] is formulated as follows. Let and be strongly continuous one-parameter groups of *-automorphisms on a von Neumann algebra M satisfying the operator equation

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