We introduce a new invariant \mathcal{S}(M) for type III factors M with no almost-periodic weights. We compute this invariant for certain free Araki-Woods factors. We show that Connes' invariant τcannot distinguish all isomorphism classes of free Araki-Woods factors. We show that there exists a continuum of mutually non-isomorphic free Araki-Woods factors, each without almost-periodic weights.
We classify a certain class of minimal actions of a compact Kac algebra with amenable dual on injective factors of type III. Our main technical tools are the structural analysis of type III factors and the theory of canonical extension of endomorphisms introduced by Izumi.
We completely classify type III factor representations of Cuntz-Krieger algebras associated with quasi-free states up to unitary equivalence. Furthermore, we realize these representations on concrete Hilbert spaces without using GNS construction. Free groups and their type ${\rm II}_{1}$ factor representations are used in these realizations.
We show, based on previous results, that two separable simple stably projectionless amenable ${\cal Z}$-stable $C^*$-algebras which satisfy the UCT are isomorphic if and only if they have the same Elliott invariant.
Crossed products with noncommutative Bernoulli actions were introduced by Connes as the first examples of full factors of type III. This article provides a complete classification of the factors $(P,ϕ)^{\mathbb{F}_n} \rtimes \mathbb{F}_n$, where $\mathbb{F}_n$ is the free group and P is an amenable factor with an almost periodic state $ϕ$. We show that these factors are completely classified by the rank n of the free group $\mathbb{F}_n$ and Connes's Sd-invariant. We prove similar results for free product groups, as well as for classes of generalized Bernoulli actions.
Using the continuous decomposition, we classify strongly free actions of discrete amenable groups on strongly amenable subfactors of type III$_λ, 0 < λ< 1$. Winsløw's fundamental homomorphism is a complete invariant. This removes the extra assumptions in the classification theorems of Loi and Winsløw and gives a complete classification up to cocycle conjugacy.
In this paper, we generalize Izumi's result on uniqueness of realization of finite C$^*$-tensor categories in the endomorphism category of the injective factor of type II_1 for finitely generated strongly amenable C$^*$-tensor categories by applying Popa's classification theorem of strongly amenable subfactors of type III_1.
We prove that, for any type III$_1$ free product factor, its continuous core is full if and only if its $τ$-invariant is the usual topology on the real line. This trivially implies, as a particular case, the same result for free Araki--Woods factors. Moreover, our method shows the same result for full (generalized) Bernoulli crossed product factors of type III$_1$.
In this paper we consider the following problem: When are the preduals of two hyperfinite (=injective) factors $\M$ and $\N$ (on separable Hilbert spaces) cb-isomorphic (i.e., isomorphic as operator spaces)? We show that if $\M$ is semifinite and $\N$ is type III, then their preduals are not cb-isomorphic. Moreover, we construct a one-parameter family of hyperfinite type III$_0$-factors with mutually non cb-isomorphic preduals, and we give a characterization of those hyperfinite factors $\M$ whose preduals are cb-isomorphic to the predual of the unique hyperfinite type III$_1$-factor. In contr…
Following Elliott's earlier work, we show that the Elliott invariant of any finite separable simple $C^*$-algebra with finite nuclear dimension can always be described as a scaled simple ordered group pairing together with a countable abelian group which unifies the unital and nonunital, as well as stably projectionless cases. We also show that, for any given such invariant set, there is a finite separable simple $C^*$-algebra, whose Elliott invariant is the given set, a refinement of the range theorem of Elliott in the stable case. In the stably projectionless case, modified model $C^*$-algeb…
We classify flows on AFD factors with faithful Connes-Takesaki modules. This is a generalization of classification of trace-scaling flows on the AFD $\mathrm{II}_\infty$ factor, which is equivalent to the uniqueness of the AFD $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor. In order to do this, we show that a flow on an AFD factor with faithful Connes-Takesaki module has the Rohlin property, which gives a partial answer to a characterization problem of the Rohlin property posed by Masuda-Tomatsu. It is also possible to think of this result as an $\mathbf{R}$-version of Izumi's result about compact group actions on t…
We investigate factoriality, Connes' type ${\rm III}$ invariants and fullness of arbitrary amalgamated free product von Neumann algebras using Popa's deformation/rigidity theory. Among other things, we generalize many previous structural results on amalgamated free product von Neumann algebras and we obtain new examples of full amalgamated free product factors for which we can explicitely compute Connes' type ${\rm III}$ invariants.
We will introduce the Rohlin property for flows on von Neumann algebras and classify them up to strong cocycle conjugacy. This result provides alternative approaches to some preceding results such as Kawahigashi's classification of flows on the injective type II$_1$ factor, the classification of injective type III factors due to Connes, Krieger and Haagerup and the non-fullness of type III$_0$ factors. Several concrete examples are also studied.
We give a spectral gap characterization of fullness for type $\mathrm{III}$ factors which is the analog of a theorem of Connes in the tracial case. Using this criterion, we generalize a theorem of Jones by proving that if $M$ is a full factor and $σ: G \rightarrow \mathrm{Aut}(M)$ is an outer action of a discrete group $G$ whose image in $\mathrm{Out}(M)$ is discrete then the crossed product von Neumann algebra $M \rtimes_σG$ is also a full factor. We apply this result to prove the following conjecture of Tomatsu-Ueda: the continuous core of a type $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor $M$ is full if and on…
In the given article it is introduced new notions of a C$^*$-algebra of von Neumann type I and C$^*$-algebras of types I$_n$, II, II$_1$, II$_\infty$ and III. It is proved that any GCR-algebra is a C$^*$-algebra of von Neumann type I, and a C$^*$-algebra is an NGCR-algebra if and only if this C$^*$-algebra does not have a nonzero Abelian annihilator. Also an analog of the theorem on decomposition of a von Neumann algebra to subalgebras of types I, II and III is proved. In the final part it is proved that every C$^*$-factor of von Neumann type I is a C$^*$-algebra of type I$_n$ for some cardina…
We show that a factor $M$ is full if and only if the $C^*$-algebra generated by its left and right regular representations contains the compact operators. We prove that the bicentralizer flow of a type $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor is always ergodic. As a consequence, for any type $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor $M$ and any $λ\in ]0,1]$, there exists an irreducible AFD type $\mathrm{III}_λ$ subfactor with expectation in $M$. Moreover, any type $\mathrm{III}_1$ factor $M$ which satisfies $M \cong M \otimes R_λ$ for some $λ\in ]0,1[$ has trivial bicentralizer. Finally, we give a counter-example to the charact…
We prove that the rational number |n/m| is an invariant of the group von Neumann algebra of the Baumslag-Solitar group BS(n,m). More precisely, if L(BS(n,m)) is isomorphic with L(\BS(n',m')), then |n'/m'| = |n/m| or |m/n|. We obtain this result by associating to abelian, but not maximal abelian, subalgebras of a II_1 factor, an equivalence relation that can be of type III. In particular, we associate to L(BS(n,m)) a canonical equivalence relation of type III_|n/m|.
In this paper we study modular extendability and equimodularity of endomorphisms and E$_0$-semigroups on factors with respect to f.n.s. weights. We show that modular extendability is a property that does not depend on the choice of weights, it is a cocycle conjugacy invariant and it is preserved under tensoring. We say that a modularly extendable E$_0$-semigroup is of type EI, EII or EIII if its modular extension is of type I, II or III, respectively. We prove that all types exist on properly infinite factors. We also compute the coupling index and the relative commutant index for the CAR flow…
We prove that it is not possible to classify separable von Neumann factors of types $\II_1$, $\II_\infty$ or $\III_λ$, $0\leq λ\leq1$, up to isomorphism by a Borel measurable assignment of "countable structures" as invariants. In particular the isomorphism relation of type $\II_1$ factors is not smooth. We also prove that the isomorphism relation for von Neumann $\II_1$ factors is analytic, but is not Borel.
We define the standard Borel space of free Araki-Woods factors and prove that their isomorphism relation is not classifiable by countable structures. We also prove that equality of $τ$-topologies, arising as invariants of type III factors, as well as coycle and outer conjugacy of actions of abelian groups on free product factors are not classifiable by countable structures.
We generalize a theorem of Chifan and Ioana by proving that for any, possibly type III, amenable von Neumann algebra $A_0$, any faithful normal state $φ_0$ and any discrete group $Γ$, the associated Bernoulli crossed product von Neumann algebra $M=(A_0,φ_0)^{\mathbin{\bar{\otimes}}Γ}\rtimes Γ$ is solid relatively to $\mathcal{L}(Γ)$. In particular, if $\mathcal{L}(Γ)$ is solid then $M$ is solid and if $Γ$ is non-amenable and $A_0 \neq \mathbb{C}$ then $M$ is a full prime factor. This gives many new examples of solid or prime type $\mathrm{III}$ factors. Following Chifan and Ioana, we also obta…