Strong Rigidity of II$_1$ Factors Arising from Malleable Actions of w-Rigid Groups, I

Details Strong Rigidity of II$_1$ Factors Arising from Malleable Actions of w-Rigid Groups, I Strong Rigidity of II$_1$ Factors Arising from Malleable Actions of w-Rigid Groups, I

2003-05-21

arxiv.org/abs/math/0305306v13

Mathematics

Operator Algebras

revised version 40 pages

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We consider cross-product II$_1$ factors $M = N\rtimes_{\sigma} G$, with $G$ discrete ICC groups that contain infinite normal subgroups with the relative property (T) and $\sigma: G \to {\text{\rm Aut}}N$ trace preserving actions of $G$ on finite von Neumann algebras $N$ that are ``malleable'' and mixing. Examples are the weighted Bernoulli and Bogoliubov shifts. We prove a rigidity result for such factors, showing the uniqueness of the position of $L(G)$ inside $M$. We use this to calculate the fundamental group $\mycal F(M)$ in terms of the weights of the shift, for certain arithmetic groups $G$ such as $G=\Bbb Z^2 \rtimes SL(2, \Bbb Z)$. We deduce that for any countable group $S \subset \Bbb R_+^*$ there exist II$_1$ factors $M$ with $\mycal F(M)=S$, thus bringing new light to a longstanding problem of Murray and von Neumann.

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