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A Construction of Approximately Finite-Dimensional Non-ITPFI Factors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Alain Connes
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VI
E. J. Woods
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Statistics Jeffery Hall Queen's University Kingston, OntarioK7L 3N6
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A von Neumann algebra is said to be approximately finite-dimensional if it is of the form

where Mn⊆Mn+1 for each n and each Mn is a finite-dimensional matrix algebra. A factor is said to be ITPFI if it is of the form

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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1980

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