
doi: 10.2307/2007053
Let A be a Cartan subalgebra of a von Neumann algebra M. This means A is a masa in M, the set of unitaries \(u\in M\) satisfying \(u^{-1}Au=A\) generates M, and there is a faithful normal expectation from M onto A. The simplest example has \(M=M_ n({\mathbb{C}})\) with A its subalgebra of diagonal matrices. In their papers [Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 234, 289-324 (1977; Zbl 0369.22009 and 369.22010)], \textit{J. Feldman} and \textit{C. Moore} developed a matricial point of view for the general situation. There exists a standard Borel equivalence relation R on a set X so that members of M can be identified with matrices indexed by R acting by (possibly twisted) matrix multiplication on a suitable \(L^ 2(R,v)\) space; members of A correspond to matrices supported in the diagonal \(\Delta\) in R. Suppose now that \({\mathcal G}\) is a \(\sigma\)-weakly closed linear subspace of M that is a bimodule over A. Theorem 2.5 of the present paper states that there is a Borel subset B of R such that \({\mathcal G}\) consists of all those operators whose matrices are supported on B. While this is obvious in the \(M_ n({\mathbb{C}})\) example, the general argument is quite delicate, not only for measure-theoretic reasons, but primarily because simple changes in a matrix stop it from representing a bounded operator. Armed with their bimodule spectral theorem, the authors then proceed to relate properties of \({\mathcal G}\) to those of the support relation B. In particular, \({\mathcal G}\) is a maximal triangular (\({\mathcal G}\cap {\mathcal G}\) \(*=A)\sigma\)-weakly closed subalgebra of M iff B is (essentially) a partial order that totally orders each R equivalence class. This repesents a fairly complete generalization of Theorem 3.21 of \textit{R. Kadison} and \textit{I. Singer}'s pioneering paper [Amer. J. Math. 82, 227- 259 (1960; Zbl 0096.317)]. In the \(M_ n({\mathbb{C}})\) example, \(R=\{1,2,...,n\}\times \{1,2,...,n\}\), and a total order \(B\subseteq R\) allows us to rearrange our basis vectors so that matrices of members of \({\mathcal G}\) become upper triangular.
cocycle, 369.22010, Quasitriangular and nonquasitriangular, quasidiagonal and nonquasidiagonal linear operators, Cartan subalgebra of a von Neumann algebra, Abstract operator algebras on Hilbert spaces, upper triangular, General theory of von Neumann algebras, Representations of topological algebras, faithful normal expectation
cocycle, 369.22010, Quasitriangular and nonquasitriangular, quasidiagonal and nonquasidiagonal linear operators, Cartan subalgebra of a von Neumann algebra, Abstract operator algebras on Hilbert spaces, upper triangular, General theory of von Neumann algebras, Representations of topological algebras, faithful normal expectation
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