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Department of Mathematics,
University of California San Diego

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Math 243 - Functional Analysis Seminar

Mike Hartglass

Santa Clara University

Free products of finite-dimensional von Neumann algebras in terms of free Araki-Woods factors

Abstract:

A landmark result by Dykema in 1993 classified free products of finite-dimensional von Neumann algebras equipped with tracial states. In 1997, Shlyakhtenko constructed the almost periodic free Araki-Woods factors, a natural non-tracial analogue to free group factors. He asked whether free products of finite-dimensional von Neumann algebras with respect to non-tracial states can be described in terms of free Araki-Woods factors. In this talk, I will answer Shlyakhtenko's question in the affirmative, therefore providing a complete classification of free products of finite dimensional von Neumann algebras. This is joint work with Brent Nelson.

Host: Adrian Ioana

May 28, 2019

2:00 PM

AP&M 7218

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