On the dimension theory of von Neumann algebras

DOI10.7146/MATH.SCAND.A-15035zbMATH Open1161.46032arXivmath/0503747OpenAlexW1818637882MaRDI QIDQ3534699FDOQ3534699

Authors: David Sherman 

Publication date: 4 November 2008

Published in: MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we study three aspects of (P(M)/~), the set of Murray-von Neumann equivalence classes of projections in a von Neumann algebra M. First we determine the topological structure that (P(M)/~) inherits from the operator topologies on M. Then we show that there is a version of the center-valued trace which extends the dimension function, even when M is not sigma-finite. Finally we prove that (P(M)/~) is a complete lattice, a fact which has an interesting reformulation in terms of representations.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0503747

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zbMATH Keywords

complete latticecenter-valued traceoperator topologiesMurray-von Neumann equivalence classes of projections

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10)

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