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Rigidity results for wreath product II$_1$ factors

Operator Algebras 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We consider II1_1 factors of the form M=ˉGNGM=\bar{\bigotimes}_{G}N\rtimes G, where either i) NN is a non-hyperfinite II1_1 factor and GG is an ICC amenable group or ii) NN is a weakly rigid II1_1 factor and GG is ICC group and where GG acts on ˉGN\bar{\bigotimes}_{G}N by Bernoulli shifts. We prove that isomorphism of two such factors implies cocycle conjugacy of the corresponding Bernoulli shift actions. In particular, the groups acting are isomorphic. As a consequence, we can distinguish between certain classes of group von Neumann algebras associated to wreath product groups.

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@article{arxiv.math/0606574,
  title  = {Rigidity results for wreath product II$_1$ factors},
  author = {Adrian Ioana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0606574},
  year   = {2007}
}