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Strongly solid group factors which are not interpolated free group factors

Operator Algebras 2025-07-17 v4 Group Theory

Abstract

We give examples of non-amenable ICC groups Γ\Gamma with the Haagerup property, weakly amenable with constant Λ\cb(Γ)=1\Lambda_{\cb}(\Gamma) = 1, for which we show that the associated II1{\rm II_1} factors L(Γ)L(\Gamma) are strongly solid, i.e. the normalizer of any diffuse amenable subalgebra PL(Γ)P \subset L(\Gamma) generates an amenable von Neumann algebra. Nevertheless, for these examples of groups Γ\Gamma, L(Γ)L(\Gamma) is not isomorphic to any interpolated free group factor L(\Ft)L(\F_t), for 1<t1 < t \leq \infty.

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@article{arxiv.0901.3866,
  title  = {Strongly solid group factors which are not interpolated free group factors},
  author = {Cyril Houdayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3866},
  year   = {2025}
}

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20 pages

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