Non-classification of Cartan subalgebras for a class of von Neumann algebras

We study the complexity of the classification problem for Cartan subalgebras in von Neumann algebras. We construct a large family of II1 factors whose Cartan subalgebras up to unitary conjugacy are not classifiable by countable structures, providing the first such examples. Additionally, we construc...

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Published inAdvances in mathematics (New York. 1965) Vol. 332; pp. 510 - 552
Main Author Spaas, Pieter
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Inc 09.07.2018
Subjects
Cartan subalgebra
Classification by countable structures
Equivalence relation
II1 factor
Equivalence relation
Cartan subalgebra
Classification by countable structures
II1 factor
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Summary:We study the complexity of the classification problem for Cartan subalgebras in von Neumann algebras. We construct a large family of II1 factors whose Cartan subalgebras up to unitary conjugacy are not classifiable by countable structures, providing the first such examples. Additionally, we construct examples of II1 factors whose Cartan subalgebras up to conjugacy by an automorphism are not classifiable by countable structures. Finally, we show directly that the Cartan subalgebras of the hyperfinite II1 factor up to unitary conjugacy are not classifiable by countable structures, and deduce that the same holds for any McDuff II1 factor with at least one Cartan subalgebra.
ISSN:0001-8708
1090-2082
DOI:10.1016/j.aim.2018.05.007