Markovianity and the Thompson group \(F\) (Q2093004)

The paper under review concerns the connections between certain representations of the Thompson group \(F\) and bilateral noncommutative Markov processes, understood as quadruples \((M, \psi, \alpha, A_0)\), where \(M\) is a von Neumann algebra, \(\psi\) is a faithful normal state of \(M\), \(\alpha \in \mathrm{Aut}(M, \psi)\) and \(A_0\) a certain subalgebra of \(M\), with several natural probabilistic conditions connecting subalgebras of the type \(\alpha^k(A_0)\), \(\bigvee_{n=-\infty}^{k} \alpha^n(A_0)\) and \(\bigvee_{n=k}^{\infty} \alpha^n(A_0)\) (with \(k \in \mathbb{Z}\)). The authors modify the earlier study of [\textit{C.~Köstler} et al., J. Funct. Anal. 284, No.~6, Article ID 109818, 70~p. (2023; Zbl 07646936)], where the focus was put on unilateral noncommutative Markov processes and representations of the Thompson monoid \(F^+\). Here, they show for example how a representation of \(F\) (inside a von Neumann algebra) leads to a bilateral stationary Markov process, and conversely, how a `tensor-type' dilation of a unital completely positive state preserving map of a von Neumann algebra leads to a representation of \(F\). Several examples related to classical Markov chains are given.