Singly Generated II₁ Factors

Publication date: 12 November 2005

Abstract: In the paper, we study the generator problem of II

_{1}

factors. By defining a new concept related to the number of generators of a von Neumann algebra, we are able to show that a large class of II

_{1}

factors are singly generated, i.e., generated by two self-adjoint elements. In particular, this shows that most of II

_{1}

factors, whose free entropy dimensions are less than or equal to one, are singly generated.

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