Rigidity for von Neumann algebras given by locally compact groups and their crossed products
arXiv:1703.09092 · doi:10.1007/s00220-018-3091-2
Abstract
We prove the first rigidity and classification theorems for crossed product von Neumann algebras given by actions of non-discrete, locally compact groups. We prove that for arbitrary free probability measure preserving actions of connected simple Lie groups of real rank one, the crossed product has a unique Cartan subalgebra up to unitary conjugacy. We then deduce a W* strong rigidity theorem for irreducible actions of products of such groups. More generally, our results hold for products of locally compact groups that are nonamenable, weakly amenable and that belong to Ozawa's class S.
arXiv commentv2: minor changes, final version, to appear in Communications in Mathematical Physics
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