On the uniqueness of injective III₁ factor

Abstract: We give a new proof of a theorem due to Alain Connes, that an injective factor

N

of type III

_{1}

with separable predual and with trivial bicentralizer is isomorphic to the Araki--Woods type III

_{1}

factor

R_{i n f t y}

. This, combined with the author's solution to the bicentralizer problem for injective III

_{1}

factors provides a new proof of the theorem that up to

*

-isomorphism, there exists a unique injective factor of type III

_{1}

on a separable Hilbert space.

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