A note on the von Neumann algebra of a Baumslag-Solitar group

DOI10.1016/J.CRMA.2010.12.008zbMATH Open1218.46036arXiv1011.3160OpenAlexW2963496261MaRDI QIDQ627263FDOQ627263

Authors: Pierre Fima 

Publication date: 21 February 2011

Published in: Comptes Rendus. Mathématique. Académie des Sciences, Paris (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study qualitative properties of the group von Neumann algebra of a Baumslag-Solitar group. Namely, we prove that, in the non-amenable and {ICC} case, the associated ${mII}_1$ factor is prime, not solid, and does not have any Cartan subalgebra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1011.3160

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zbMATH Keywords

von Neumann algebraBaumslag-Solitar groupII\(_{1}\) factor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of von Neumann algebras (46L10) Classification of factors (46L36)

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