Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes

The fundamental results of A. Connes which determine a complete set of isomorphism classes for most injective factors are discussed in detail. After some introductory remarks which lay the foundation for the subsequent discussion, an historical survey of some of the principal lines of the investigat...

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Main Author: Steve Wright
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 1983-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171283000010
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description The fundamental results of A. Connes which determine a complete set of isomorphism classes for most injective factors are discussed in detail. After some introductory remarks which lay the foundation for the subsequent discussion, an historical survey of some of the principal lines of the investigation in the classification of factors is presented, culminating in the Connes-Takesaki structure theory of type III factors. After a discussion of injectivity for finite factors, the main result of the paper, the uniqueness of the injective II1 factor, is deduced, and the structure of II∞ and type III injective factors is then obtained as corollaries of the main result.
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spelling doaj-art-aa499ba821184a9a90d6b16d033a48f22025-02-03T05:59:52ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04251983-01-016113910.1155/S0161171283000010Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain ConnesSteve Wright0Department of Mathematical Sciences, Oakland University, Rochester 48063, Michigan, USAThe fundamental results of A. Connes which determine a complete set of isomorphism classes for most injective factors are discussed in detail. After some introductory remarks which lay the foundation for the subsequent discussion, an historical survey of some of the principal lines of the investigation in the classification of factors is presented, culminating in the Connes-Takesaki structure theory of type III factors. After a discussion of injectivity for finite factors, the main result of the paper, the uniqueness of the injective II1 factor, is deduced, and the structure of II∞ and type III injective factors is then obtained as corollaries of the main result.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171283000010injective von Neumann algebrafinite factordiscrete and continuous crossed productsinfinite tensor productsemidiscrete von Neumann algebra.
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Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
injective von Neumann algebra
finite factor
discrete and continuous crossed products
infinite tensor product
semidiscrete von Neumann algebra.
title Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
title_full Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
title_fullStr Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
title_full_unstemmed Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
title_short Classification of injective factors: The wok of Alain Connes
title_sort classification of injective factors the wok of alain connes
topic injective von Neumann algebra
finite factor
discrete and continuous crossed products
infinite tensor product
semidiscrete von Neumann algebra.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171283000010
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