Strongly stable factors, crossed products and property \(\Gamma\)
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Strongly stable factors, crossed products and property \(\Gamma\)
zbMATH Open document ID: 0733.46033
author: Kengo Matsumoto
published in: Tokyo Journal of Mathematics
publication date: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z
review text: Let \(M\) denote a von Neumann algebra which is a factor of type \(II_ 1\). Recall that \(M\) is said to be McDuff, or strongly stable, if \(M\cong M\otimes R\), where \(R\) is the hyperfinite \(II_ 1\) factor. In the first part of the paper under review, the author studies the relationships between strong stability and the operations of taking crossed product or tensor product. The analysis uses deep results of \textit{A. Connes} [J. Funct. Anal. 16, 415--445 (1974; Zbl 0302.46050); Ann. Math., II. Ser. 104, No.~1, 73--115 (1976; Zbl 0343.46042)] and \textit{A. Ocneanu} [Actions of discrete amenable groups on von Neumann algebras, Lect. Notes Math. 1138. Berlin etc.: Springer-Verlag (1985; Zbl 0608.46035)], and is analogous in some respects to work by \textit{M. Choda} [e.g., Math. Jap. 27, No.~4, 535--539 (1982; Zbl 0495.46045); Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 86, No.~4, 663--666 (1982; Zbl 0537.46052)] and Choda together with \textit{Y. Watatani} [Math. Jap. 27, No.~2, 263--266 (1982; Zbl 0486.46048)] concerning fullness. Let \(G\) be a countable discrete group acting on \(M\). The author proves that strong stability of \(M\) is sufficient for that of the crossed product \(M\times G\) when \(G\) is amengable and the action is free, while it is necessary when \(G\) is not inner amenable. On the other hand, if \(G\) is not inner amenable and acts freely and ergodically on the nonatomic probability space (\(X,\mu\)), preserving \(\mu\), then \(L^{\infty}(X)\times G\) is not McDuff. Strong stability of \(M\) is also necessary for that of \(M\otimes N\) when \(N\) is a \(II_ 1\) factor with property T in the sense of \textit{A. Connes} and \textit{V. Jones} [Bull. London Math. Soc. 17, 57--62 (1985; Zbl 1190.46047)]. In the second part of the paper, the author strengthens a characterization, due to Connes, of property \(\Gamma\). For a subgroup \(G\) of \(\operatorname{Aut} M\) let \(C^*(M,G)\) denote the \(C^*\)-algebra generated by \(M\) and the canonical implementing unitarie…
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46L35
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 46L55
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 22D05
zbMATH DE Number: 4212783
zbMATH Keywords: strongly stable factors
zbMATH Keywords: crossed products
zbMATH Keywords: property \(\Gamma \)
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.3836/tjm/1270133971
OpenAlex ID: W1981669728
DOI: 10.3836/TJM/1270133971
description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4212783