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On fundamental groups of tensor product $\rm II_1$ factors

Operator Algebras 2019-02-05 v2

Abstract

Let MM be a II1\rm II_1 factor and let F(M)\mathcal{F}(M) denote the fundamental group of MM. In this article, we study the following property of MM: for arbitrary II1\rm II_1 factor BB, we have F(MB)=F(M)F(B)\mathcal{F}(M \overline{\otimes} B)=\mathcal{F}(M)\mathcal{F}(B). We prove that for any subgroup GR+G\leq \mathbb{R}^*_+ which is realized as a fundamental group of a II1\rm II_1 factor, there exists a II1\rm II_1 factor MM which satisfies this property and whose fundamental group is GG. Using this, we deduce that if G,HR+G,H \leq \mathbb{R}^*_+ are realized as fundamental groups of II1\rm II_1 factors (with separable predual), then so are groups GHG \cdot H and GHG \cap H.

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@article{arxiv.1608.06426,
  title  = {On fundamental groups of tensor product $\rm II_1$ factors},
  author = {Yusuke Isono},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.06426},
  year   = {2019}
}

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17 pages, final version, to appear in J. Inst. Math. Jussieu