Haagerup's Approximation Property and Relative Amenability

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Abstract: A finite von Neumann algebra mathcalM with a faithful normal trace %au has Haagerup's approximation property (relative to a von Neumann subalgebra mathcalN) if there exists a net (phialpha)alphainLambda of normal completely positive (mathcalN-bimodular) maps from mathcalM to mathcalM that satisfy the subtracial condition %aucircphialphaleqau, the extension operators %Tphialpha are bounded compact operators (in <mathcalM%,emathcalN>), and pointwise approximate the identity in the trace-norm, i.e., limalpha||phialpha(x)−x||2=0 for all %xinmathcalM. We prove that the subtraciality condition can be removed, and provide a description of Haagerup's approximation property in terms of Connes's theory of correspondences. We show that if mathcalNsubseteqmathcalM is an amenable inclusion of finite von Neumann algebras and %mathcalN has Haagerup's approximation property, then mathcalM also has Haagerup's approximation property. This work answers two questions of Sorin Popa.












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