A 1-cohomology characterization of property (T) in von Neumann algebras (Q1036215)

The paper is devoted to a characterization of property (T) for von Neumann algebras in terms of 1-cohomology. The main result, which is an analogue of the Delorme-Guichardet theorem for groups, asserts that a separable finite factor has property (T) if and only if the 1-cohomology spaces of closable derivations vanish whenever the domain contains a non-\(\Gamma\) set.