## Journal of the Mathematical Society of Japan

### Indecomposable characters of infinite dimensional groups associated with operator algebras

#### Abstract

We determine the indecomposable characters of several classes of infinite dimensional groups associated with operator algebras, including the unitary groups of arbitrary unital simple AF algebras and II1 factors.

#### Article information

Source
J. Math. Soc. Japan Volume 68, Number 3 (2016), 1231-1270.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 19 July 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1468956167

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.2969/jmsj/06831231

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3523546

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1353.22011

#### Citation

ENOMOTO, Takumi; IZUMI, Masaki. Indecomposable characters of infinite dimensional groups associated with operator algebras. J. Math. Soc. Japan 68 (2016), no. 3, 1231--1270. doi:10.2969/jmsj/06831231. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.jmsj/1468956167.

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