Weak Riemannian manifolds from finite index subfactors

DOI10.1007/S10455-008-9104-1MaRDI QIDQ1014878zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Esteban Andruchow, Gabriel Larotonda

Publication date 29 April 2009

Published in Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2527, http://hdl.handle.net/11336/93037

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Geodesics in global differential geometry (53C22) Differential geometry of homogeneous manifolds (53C30) Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20)

Abstract: Let $NsubsetM$ be a finite Jones' index inclusion of II${}_1$ factors, and denote by $U_{N}subset{U}_M$ their unitary groups. In this paper we study the homogeneous space $U_M/U_N$, which is a (infinite dimensional) differentiable manifold, diffeomorphic to the orbit ${\displaystyle }$ {cal O}(p) ={u p u^*: uin U_M} ${\displaystyle }$ of the Jones projection $p$ of the inclusion. We endow $calO(p)$ with a Riemannian metric, by means of the trace on each tangent space. These are pre-Hilbert spaces (the tangent spaces are not complete), therefore $calO(p)$ is a weak Riemannian manifold. We show that $calO(p)$ enjoys certain properties similar to classic Hilbert-Riemann manifolds. Among them, metric completeness of the geodesic distance, uniqueness of geodesics of the Levi-Civita connection as minimal curves, and partial results on the existence of minimal geodesics. For instance, around each point $p_1$ of $calO(p)$, there is a ball $qincalO(p):|q-p_1|<r$ (of uniform radius $r$) of the usual norm of $M$, such that any point $p_2$ in the ball is joined to $p_1$ by a unique geodesic, which is shorter than any other piecewise smooth curve lying inside this ball. We also give an intrinsic (algebraic) characterization of the directions of degeneracy of the submanifold inclusion $calO(p)subsetcalP(M_1)$, where the last set denotes the Grassmann manifold of the von Neumann algebra generated by $M$ and $p$.

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