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Commutators in Factors of Type III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Arlen Brown  and
Carl Pearcy
Arlen Brown
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Carl Pearcy
Affiliation:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Let denote a separable, complex Hilbert space, and let R be a von Neumann algebra acting on . (A von Neumann algebra is a weakly closed, self-adjoint algebra of operators that contains the identity operator on its underlying space.) An element A of R is a commutator in R if there exist operators B and C in R such that A = BC — CB. The problem of specifying exactly which operators are commutators in R has been solved in certain special cases; e.g. if R is an algebra of type In (n < ∞) (2), and if R is a factor of type I∞ (1). It is the purpose of this note to treat the same problem in case R is a factor of type III. Our main result is the following theorem.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 18 , 1966 , pp. 1152 - 1160
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1966

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