Uniqueness of the von Neumann continuous factor

DOI10.4153/CJM-2018-010-3MaRDI QIDQ4561102zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Pere Ara, Joan Claramunt

Publication date 10 December 2018

Published in Canadian Journal of Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.04501

zbMATH Keywords

completionfactorrank functionultramatricialvon Neumann regular ring

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure and classification for modules, bimodules and ideals (except as in 16Gxx), direct sum decomposition and cancellation in associative algebras) (16D70) von Neumann regular rings and generalizations (associative algebraic aspects) (16E50)

Abstract: For a division ring $D$, denote by $mathcal{M}_D$ the $D$-ring obtained as the completion of the direct limit $varinjli{m}_n{M}_{2^n}(D)$ with respect to the metric induced by its unique rank function. We prove that, for any ultramatricial $D$-ring $mathcalB$ and any non-discrete extremal pseudo-rank function $N$ on $mathcalB$, there is an isomorphism of $D$-rings $overlinemathcalBcongmathcal{M}_D$, where $overlinemathcalB$ stands for the completion of $mathcalB$ with respect to the pseudo-metric induced by $N$. This generalizes a result of von Neumann. We also show a corresponding uniqueness result for $\ast$-algebras over fields $F$ with positive definite involution, where the algebra $mathcal{M}_F$ is endowed with its natural involution coming from the $\ast$-transpose involution on each of the factors $M_{2^n}(F)$.

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