Generators of II₁ factors

DOI10.7153/OAM-02-35MaRDI QIDQ3620301zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Allan M. Sinclair, Roger R. Smith, Ken Dykema, Stuart White

Publication date 14 April 2009

Published in Operators and Matrices (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0706.1953

zbMATH Keywords

free-entropy dimensiongeneratorsII\(_1\) factorsinvariant

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Free probability and free operator algebras (46L54)

Abstract: In 2005, Shen introduced a new invariant, $mathcalG(N)$, of a diffuse von Neumann algebra $N$ with a fixed faithful trace, and he used this invariant to give a unified approach to showing that large classes of ${mathrmII}_1$ factors $M$ are singly generated. This paper focuses on properties of this invariant. We relate $mathcalG(M)$ to the number of self-adjoint generators of a ${mathrmII}_1$ factor $M$: if $mathcalG(M)<n/2$, then $M$ is generated by $n+1$ self-adjoint operators, whereas if $M$ is generated by $n+1$ self-adjoint operators, then $mathcalG(M)leqn/2$. The invariant $mathcalG(cdot)$ is well-behaved under amplification, satisfying $mathcalG(M_t)=t^{-2}mathcalG(M)$ for all $t>0$. In particular, if $mathcalG(mathcalLmathbb{F}_r)>0$ for any particular $r>1$, then the free group factors are pairwise non-isomorphic and are not singly generated for sufficiently large values of $r$. Estimates are given for forming free products and passing to finite index subfactors and the basic construction. We also examine a version of the invariant $mathcal{G}_{extsa}(M)$ defined only using self-adjoint operators; this is proved to satisfy $mathcal{G}_{extsa}(M)=2mathcalG(M)$. Finally we give inequalities relating a quantity involved in the calculation of $mathcalG(M)$ to the free-entropy dimension $delt{a}_0$ of a collection of generators for $M$.

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