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Rigidity for von Neumann algebras and their invariants

Operator Algebras 2010-08-24 v1 Dynamical Systems Group Theory

Abstract

We give a survey of recent classification results for crossed product von Neumann algebras arising from measure preserving group actions on probability spaces. This includes II_1 factors with uncountable fundamental groups and the construction of W*-superrigid actions where the crossed product entirely remembers the initial group action that it was constructed from.

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@article{arxiv.1008.3610,
  title  = {Rigidity for von Neumann algebras and their invariants},
  author = {Stefaan Vaes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.3610},
  year   = {2010}
}

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