Homogeneous manifolds from noncommutative measure spaces

DOI10.1016/J.JMAA.2009.11.024zbMATH Open1190.58008arXiv0906.4542OpenAlexW2040465286MaRDI QIDQ2267474FDOQ2267474

Authors: Eduardo Chiumiento, Gabriel Larotonda, Esteban Andruchow 

Publication date: 1 March 2010

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let M be a finite von Neumann algebra with a faithful trace $au$. In this paper we study metric geometry of homogeneous spaces O of the unitary group U of M, endowed with a Finsler quotient metric induced by the p-norms of $au$, $||x|{|}_p=au(|x{|}^p{)}^{1/p}$, $pge1$. The main results include the following. The unitary group carries on a rectifiable distance d_p induced by measuring the length of curves with the p-norm. If we identify O as a quotient of groups, then there is a natural quotient distance d'_p that metrizes the quotient topology. On the other hand, the Finsler quotient metric defined in O provides a way to measure curves, and therefore, there is an associated rectifiable distance d_{O,p}. For $pge2$, we prove that the distances d'_p and d_{O,p} coincide. Based on this fact, we show that the metric space (O,d'_p) is a complete path metric space. The other problem treated in this article is the existence of metric geodesics, or curves of minimal length, in O. We give two abstract partial results in this direction. The first concerns the initial values problem and the second the fixed endpoints problem. We show how these results apply to several examples. In the process, we improve some results about the metric geometry of U with the p-norm.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0906.4542

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zbMATH Keywords

homogeneous spacesfinite von Neumann algebrasRiemannian and Finsler structuresunitary group.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemannian, Finsler and other geometric structures on infinite-dimensional manifolds (58B20) Selfadjoint operator algebras ((C^*)-algebras, von Neumann ((W^*)-) algebras, etc.) (46L99)

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