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2012 An inner amenable group whose von Neumann algebra does not have property Gamma
Stefaan Vaes
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Acta Math. 208(2): 389-394 (2012). DOI: 10.1007/s11511-012-0079-1

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We construct inner amenable groups G with infinite conjugacy classes and such that the associated II1 factor has no non-trivial asymptotically central elements, i.e. does not have property Gamma of Murray and von Neumann. This solves a problem posed by Effros in 1975.

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Stefaan Vaes. "An inner amenable group whose von Neumann algebra does not have property Gamma." Acta Math. 208 (2) 389 - 394, 2012. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11511-012-0079-1

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Received: 18 March 2010; Revised: 15 July 2011; Published: 2012
First available in Project Euclid: 31 January 2017

zbMATH: 1250.46041
MathSciNet: MR2931384
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1007/s11511-012-0079-1

Rights: 2012 © Institut Mittag-Leffler

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