A continuous path of singular masas in the hyperfinite II₁factor

Abstract: Using methods of R.J.Tauer we exhibit an uncountable family of singular masas in the hyperfinite

e x t r m {I I}_{1}

factor

R

all with Puk'anszky invariant

1

, no pair of which are conjugate by an automorphism of

R

. This is done by introducing an invariant

G a m m a (A)

for a masa

A

in a IIi factor

N

as the maximal size of a projection

e i n A

for which

A e

contains non-trivial centralising sequences for

e N e

. The masas produced give rise to a continuous map from the interval

[0, 1]

into the singular masas in

R

equiped with the

d_{i n f t y, 2}

-metric. A result is also given showing that the Puk'anszky invariant is

d_{i n f t y, 2}

-upper semi-continuous. As a consequence, the sets of masas with Puk'anszky invariant

n

are all closed.

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