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Intersections of finite families of finite index subfactors

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove that finiteness of the index of the intersection of a finite set of finite index subalgebras in a von Neumann algebra (with small centre) is equivalent to the finite dimensionality of the algebra generated by the conditional expectations onto the subalgebras.

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@article{arxiv.math/0406331,
  title  = {Intersections of finite families of finite index subfactors},
  author = {Vaughan F. R. Jones and Feng Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0406331},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages, to appear in International Journal of Mathematics