A bicategorical approach to Morita equivalence for von Neumann algebras

DOI10.1063/1.1563733zbMATH Open1062.46048arXivmath/0301353OpenAlexW3100088237MaRDI QIDQ4833003FDOQ4833003

Authors: Rachel M. Brouwer 

Publication date: 14 December 2004

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Rings form a bicategory [Rings], with classes of bimodules as horizontal arrows, and bimodule maps as vertical arrows. The notion of Morita equivalence for rings can be translated in terms of bicategories in the following way. Two rings are Morita equivalent if and only if they are isomorphic objects in the bicategory. We repeat this construction for von Neumann algebras. Von Neumann algebras form a bicategory [W*], with classes of correspondences as horizontal arrows, and intertwiners as vertical arrows. Two von Neumann algebras are Morita equivalent if and only if they are isomorphic objects in the bicategory [W*].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0301353

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of functional analysis in quantum physics (46N50) General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Categories, functors in functional analysis (46M15) Bimodules in associative algebras (16D20)

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