Reduced operator algebras of trace-preserving quantum automorphism groups (Q2437875)

Summary: Let \(B\) be a finite dimensional \(C^\ast\)-algebra equipped with its canonical trace induced by the regular representation of \(B\) on itself. In this paper, we study various properties of the trace-preserving quantum automorphism group \(G\) of \(B\). We prove that the discrete dual quantum group \(\hat \mathbb G\) has the property of rapid decay, the reduced von Neumann algebra \(L^\infty(\mathbb G)\) has the Haagerup property and is solid, and that \(L^\infty(\mathbb G)\) is (in most cases) a prime type \(II_1\)-factor. As applications of these and other results, we deduce the metric approximation property, exactness, simplicity and uniqueness of trace for the reduced \(C^\ast\)-algebra \(C_r(\mathbb G)\), and the existence of a multiplier-bounded approximate identity for the convolution algebra \(L^1(\mathbb G)\).