Some prime factorization results for type II\(_1\) factors (Q1882737)

Let \(\mathcal C\) denote the class of all countable non-amenable ICC groups which are either subgroups of hyperbolic groups or discrete subgroups of connected simple Lie groups of rank one. For a type II\({}_1\) factor \(\mathcal M\) and for \(t>0\), let \({\mathcal M}^t\) denote the amplification of \(\mathcal M\) by \(t\), i.e., \({\mathcal M}^t=pM_{n{\times}n}({\mathcal M})p\) for some \(n\geq t\) and \(p\in M_{n{\times}n}({\mathcal M})\) a projection of trace \(\tau(p)=t/n\). Let \({\mathcal L}\Gamma\) denote the von Neumann algebra of the group \(\Gamma\). The main theorem of the paper is the following prime factorization result. Theorem. Let \(\Gamma_1,\ldots,\Gamma_n\in{\mathcal C}\) and \(\Gamma=\Gamma_1\times\ldots\times\Gamma_n\). Assume that \({\mathcal L}\Gamma={\mathcal N}_1\overline{\otimes}{\mathcal N}_2\) for some factors \({\mathcal N}_1\) and \({\mathcal N}_2\). Then there exist \(t>0\) and a partition \(I_1\cup I_2=\{1,\ldots,n\}\) such that \({\mathcal N}_1^t=\overline{\otimes}_{k\in I_1}{\mathcal L}\Gamma_k\) and \({\mathcal N}_2^{1/t}=\overline{\otimes}_{k\in I_2}{\mathcal L}\Gamma_k\) modulo conjugacy by a unitary element in \({\mathcal L}\Gamma\). A similar result is obtained for inclusions of factors.