scholarly journals On spectra and Brown's spectral measures of elements in free products of matrix algebras

2008 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 77
Author(s):  
Junsheng Fang ◽  
Don Hadwin ◽  
Xiujuan Ma
Keyword(s):  
Free Product ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Diagonal Operator ◽  
Spectral Measures ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Hyperinvariant Subspace ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Matrix Algebras ◽  
Adjoint Operators

We compute spectra and Brown measures of some non self-adjoint operators in $(M_2(\mathsf {C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})*(M_2(\mathsf{C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})$, the reduced free product von Neumann algebra of $M_2(\mathsf {C})$ with $M_2(\mathsf {C})$. Examples include $AB$ and $A+B$, where $A$ and $B$ are matrices in $(M_2(\mathsf {C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})*1$ and $1*(M_2(\mathsf {C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})$, respectively. We prove that $AB$ is an R-diagonal operator (in the sense of Nica and Speicher [12]) if and only if $\mathrm{Tr}(A)=\mathrm{Tr}(B)=0$. We show that if $X=AB$ or $X=A+B$ and $A,B$ are not scalar matrices, then the Brown measure of $X$ is not concentrated on a single point. By a theorem of Haagerup and Schultz [9], we obtain that if $X=AB$ or $X=A+B$ and $X\neq \lambda 1$, then $X$ has a nontrivial hyperinvariant subspace affiliated with $(M_2(\mathsf{C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})*(M_2(\mathsf{C}), \frac{1}{2}\mathrm{Tr})$.

scholarly journals Anisotropic random walks on free products of cyclic groups, irreducible representations and idempotents of C*reg(G)

1992 ◽  
Vol 128 ◽  
pp. 95-120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriella Kuhn
Keyword(s):  
Harmonic Analysis ◽  
Homogeneous Space ◽  
Free Product ◽  
Dual Space ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Irreducible Representations ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Cyclic Groups

Let be the free product of q + 1 copies of Zn+1 and let denote its Cayley graph (with respect to aj, 1 ≤ j ≤ q + 1). We may think of G as a group acting on the “homogeneous space” , This point of view is inspired by the case of SL2(R) acting on the hyperbolic disk and is developed in [FT-P] [I-P] [FT-S] [S] (but see also [C]).Since G is a group we may investigate some classical topics: the full (reductive) C* algebra, its dual space, the regular Von Neumann algebra and so on. See [B] [P] [L] [V] and also [H]. These approaches give results pointing up the analogy between harmonic analysis on these groups and harmonic analysis on more classical objects.

W*-superrigidity for wreath products with groups having positive first ℓ2-Betti number

2015 ◽  
Vol 26 (01) ◽  
pp. 1550003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mihaita Berbec
Keyword(s):  
Wreath Product ◽  
Betti Number ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Wreath Products ◽  
Hyperbolic Groups ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Product Group ◽  
Group Von Neumann Algebra

In [M. Berbec and S. Vaes, W*-superrigidity for group von Neumann algebras of left–right wreath products, Proc. London Math. Soc.108 (2014) 1116–1152] we have proven that, for all hyperbolic groups and for all nontrivial free products Γ, the left–right wreath product group 𝒢 ≔ (ℤ/2ℤ)(Γ) ⋊ (Γ × Γ) is W*-superrigid, in the sense that its group von Neumann algebra L𝒢 completely remembers the group 𝒢. In this paper, we extend this result to other classes of countable groups. More precisely, we prove that for weakly amenable groups Γ having positive first ℓ2-Betti number, the same wreath product group 𝒢 is W*-superrigid.

scholarly journals A REMARK ON THE STRUCTURE OF SYMMETRIC QUANTUM DYNAMICAL SEMIGROUPS ON VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS

2002 ◽  
Vol 05 (04) ◽  
pp. 571-579 ◽  
Author(s):  
SERGIO ALBEVERIO ◽  
DEBASHISH GOSWAMI
Keyword(s):  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Type I ◽  
Quantum Dynamical Semigroup ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Matrix Algebras ◽  
Quantum Dynamical ◽  
Dynamical Semigroup ◽  
Quantum Dynamical Semigroups ◽  
Symmetric Quantum

We study the structure of the generator of a symmetric, conservative quantum dynamical semigroup with norm-bounded generator on a von Neumann algebra equipped with a faithful semifinite trace. For von Neumann algebras with Abelian commutant (i.e. type I von Neumann algebras), we give a necessary and sufficient algebraic condition for the generator of such a semigroup to be written as a sum of square of self-adjoint derivations of the von Neumann algebra. This generalizes some of the results obtained by Albeverio, Høegh-Krohn and Olsen1 for the special case of the finite-dimensional matrix algebras. We also study similar questions for a class of quantum dynamical semigroups with unbounded generators.

scholarly journals Subalgebras of C*-algebras and von Neumann algebras

1984 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles A. Akemann
Keyword(s):  
Recent Work ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Weierstrass Theorem ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Matrix Algebras ◽  
C Algebras ◽  
Weakly Closed

Recent work [2, 6] on subalgebras of matrix algebras leads naturally to the following situation. Let A be a C*-subalgebra of the C*-algebra B andM be a weakly closed *-subalgebra of the von Neumann algebra N. Consider the following Conditions.Condition 1. For every b≠ 0 in B there exists a ∈ A such that O≠ab ∈ A.Condition 2. For every b∈B there exists a ≠ 0 in A such that ab ∈ A.If we replace A by M and B by N in Conditions 1 and 2 we get von Neumann algebra versions which we shall call Condition 1'and Condition 2'. Clearly Condition 1 implies Condition 2, and both conditions suggest that A is some kind of weak ideal of B. This paper explores the extent to which this is true. The paper grew out of the author's attempts [1, 3] to generalize the Stone-Weierstrass theorem to C*-algebras.

scholarly journals Radial multipliers on amalgamated free products of II1-factors

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 (03) ◽  
pp. 1450026
Author(s):  
Sören Möller
Keyword(s):  
Free Product ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Hankel Matrix ◽  
Trace Class ◽  
Free Products ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Amalgamated Free Products ◽  
Amalgamated Free Product ◽  
Radial Multipliers ◽  
Completely Bounded Map

Let ℳi be a family of II1-factors, containing a common II1-subfactor 𝒩, such that [ℳi : 𝒩] ∈ ℕ0 for all i. Furthermore, let ϕ: ℕ0 → ℂ. We show that if a Hankel matrix related to ϕ is trace-class, then there exists a unique completely bounded map Mϕ on the amalgamated free product of the ℳi with amalgamation over 𝒩, which acts as a radial multiplier. Hereby, we extend a result of Haagerup and the author for radial multipliers on reduced free products of unital C*- and von Neumann algebras.

scholarly journals Transfer principle in quantum set theory

2007 ◽  
Vol 72 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-648 ◽  
Author(s):  
Masanao Ozawa
Keyword(s):  
Quantum Mechanics ◽  
Quantum Logic ◽  
Set Theory ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Transfer Principle ◽  
Real Numbers ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Equality Relation ◽  
Adjoint Operators ◽  
Transfer Theorems

AbstractIn 1981, Takeuti introduced quantum set theory as the quantum counterpart of Boolean valued models of set theory by constructing a model of set theory based on quantum logic represented by the lattice of closed subspaces in a Hilbert space and showed that appropriate quantum counterparts of ZFC axioms hold in the model. Here, Takeuti's formulation is extended to construct a model of set theory based on the logic represented by the lattice of projections in an arbitrary von Neumann algebra. A transfer principle is established that enables us to transfer theorems of ZFC to their quantum counterparts holding in the model. The set of real numbers in the model is shown to be in one-to-one correspondence with the set of self-adjoint operators affiliated with the von Neumann algebra generated by the logic. Despite the difficulty pointed out by Takeuti that equality axioms do not generally hold in quantum set theory, it is shown that equality axioms hold for any real numbers in the model. It is also shown that any observational proposition in quantum mechanics can be represented by a corresponding statement for real numbers in the model with the truth value consistent with the standard formulation of quantum mechanics, and that the equality relation between two real numbers in the model is equivalent with the notion of perfect correlation between corresponding observables (self-adjoint operators) in quantum mechanics. The paper is concluded with some remarks on the relevance to quantum set theory of the choice of the implication connective in quantum logic.

scholarly journals Rigidity of free product von Neumann algebras

2016 ◽  
Vol 152 (12) ◽  
pp. 2461-2492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cyril Houdayer ◽  
Yoshimichi Ueda
Keyword(s):  
Large Class ◽  
Free Product ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Product Type ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Rigidity Results ◽  
Cartan Subalgebras ◽  
Normal States

Let $I$ be any nonempty set and let $(M_{i},\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}_{i})_{i\in I}$ be any family of nonamenable factors, endowed with arbitrary faithful normal states, that belong to a large class ${\mathcal{C}}_{\text{anti}\text{-}\text{free}}$ of (possibly type $\text{III}$) von Neumann algebras including all nonprime factors, all nonfull factors and all factors possessing Cartan subalgebras. For the free product $(M,\unicode[STIX]{x1D711})=\ast _{i\in I}(M_{i},\unicode[STIX]{x1D711}_{i})$, we show that the free product von Neumann algebra $M$ retains the cardinality $|I|$ and each nonamenable factor $M_{i}$ up to stably inner conjugacy, after permutation of the indices. Our main theorem unifies all previous Kurosh-type rigidity results for free product type $\text{II}_{1}$ factors and is new for free product type $\text{III}$ factors. It moreover provides new rigidity phenomena for type $\text{III}$ factors.

TRACE JENSEN INEQUALITY FOR SELF-ADJOINT OPERATORS IN SEMI-FINITE VON NEUMANN ALGEBRAS

2013 ◽  
Vol 24 (09) ◽  
pp. 1350075
Author(s):  
HIDEKI KOSAKI
Keyword(s):  
Convex Function ◽  
Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Von Neumann Algebras ◽  
Jensen Inequality ◽  
Measurable Operator ◽  
Von Neumann ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebra ◽  
Measurable Operators ◽  
Adjoint Operators ◽  
Finite Von Neumann Algebras

Let [Formula: see text] be a semi-finite von Neumann algebra equipped with a faithful semi-finite normal trace τ, and f(t) be a convex function with f(0) = 0. The trace Jensen inequality in our previous work states τ(f(a*xa)) ≤ τ(a*f(x)a) (as long as the both sides are well-defined) for a contraction [Formula: see text] and a semi-bounded τ-measurable operator x. Validity of this inequality for (not necessarily semi-bounded) self-adjoint τ-measurable operators is investigated.

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