Weak Riemannian manifolds from finite index subfactors

Details Weak Riemannian manifolds from finite index subfactors Weak Riemannian manifolds from finite index subfactors

2008-08-19

arxiv.org/abs/0808.2527v1

Mathematics

Differential Geometry

19 pages

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Let $N\subset M$ be a finite Jones' index inclusion of II$_1$ factors, and denote by $U_N\subset U_M$ their unitary groups. In this paper we study the homogeneous space $U_M/U_N$, which is a (infinite dimensional) differentiable manifold, diffeomorphic to the orbit $$ {\cal O}(p) =\{u p u^*: u\in U_M\} $$ of the Jones projection $p$ of the inclusion. We endow ${\cal O}(p) $ with a Riemannian metric, by means of the trace on each tangent space. These are pre-Hilbert spaces (the tangent spaces are not complete), therefore ${\cal O}(p)$ is a weak Riemannian manifold. We show that ${\cal O}(p)$ enjoys certain properties similar to classic Hilbert-Riemann manifolds. Among them, metric completeness of the geodesic distance, uniqueness of geodesics of the Levi-Civita connection as minimal curves, and partial results on the existence of minimal geodesics. For instance, around each point $p_1$ of ${\cal O}(p)$, there is a ball $\{q\in {\cal O}(p):\|q-p_1\|

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