Ergodicity and mixing of \(W^*\)-dynamical systems in terms of joinings (Q648755)

In the paper [``Joinings of \(W^*\)-dynamical systems'', J. Math. Anal. Appl. 343, No. 1, 175--181 (2008; Zbl 1151.37008)], the author has given a characterization of ergodicity in terms of joinings, similar to the measure theoretic case. In this paper the author generalizes the necessary condition for ergodicity to arbitrary group actions, and also proves a similar set of sufficient and necessary conditions for weak mixing in terms of ergodic compact systems and discrete spectra. There is an interesting class of examples of \(W^*\)-dynamical systems obtained from group von Neumann algebras of discrete groups and their automorphisms. Ergodic joinings and Ornstein's criterion for strong mixing are also discussed.