Unitary conjugacy for type III subfactors and W^-superrigidity

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Abstract: Let A,BsubsetM be inclusions of sigma-finite von Neumann algebras such that A and B are images of faithful normal conditional expectations. In this article, we investigate Popa's intertwining condition ApreceqMB using their modular actions. In the main theorem, we prove that if ApreceqMB holds, then an intertwining element for ApreceqMB also intertwines some modular flows of A and B. As a result, we deduce a new characterization of ApreceqMB in terms of their continuous cores. Using this new characterization, we prove the first W∗-superrigidity type result for group actions on amenable factors. As another application, we characterize stable strong solidity for free product factors in terms of their free product components.


The present article establishes a new criterion for intertwining by bimodules à la Popa in the setting of type III factors. Its main result in this direction, which is contained in Theorem A and Corollary B, states that for arbitrary inclusions of \(\sigma\)-finite von Neumann algebras \(A, B \subset M\) with conditional expectations \(\mathrm{E}_A \colon 1_A M 1_A \to A\) and \(\mathrm{E}_B \colon 1_B M 1_B \to B\), respectively, intertwining \(A \preceq_M B\) is equivalent to intertwining of continuous cores in the following sense. If \((N, \omega)\) is any fixed type III\(_1\) factor with a faithful normal state, both independent of \(A\), \(B\) and \(M\), and \(\varphi, \psi \in M_*\) are faithful normal states preserved by \(\mathrm{E}_B\) and \(\mathrm{E}_A\), respectively, then intertwining of \(A\) into \(B\) inside \(M\) is equivalent to the condition \begin{gather*} \Pi(\mathrm{C}_{\psi \otimes \omega}(A \overline{\otimes} N)) \preceq_{\mathrm{C}_{\varphi \otimes \omega}(M \overline{\otimes} N)} \mathrm{C}_{\varphi \otimes \omega}(B \overline{\otimes} N) \text{.} \end{gather*} This result allows the author to employ known characterisations of intertwining in the setup of type II von Neumann algebras. In this way, he achieves a \(W^\ast\)-superrigidity result for crossed products associated with Bernoulli shifts whose base is an amenable III\(_1\) factor among all crossed product von Neumann algebras arising from state-preserving, outer actions of discrete groups on amenable factors. Further, a stable strong solidity result for arbitrary free product von Neumann algebras is obtained.



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