Non-isomorphism of reduced free group $C^\ast$-algebras

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Autores principales: Gao, David, Elayavalli, Srivatsav Kunnawalkam
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author Gao, David
Elayavalli, Srivatsav Kunnawalkam
author_facet Gao, David
Elayavalli, Srivatsav Kunnawalkam
contents Using a new approach involving embedding spaces in II$_1$ factors with plenty of freely independent Haar unitaries, we prove that $C^\ast_r(\mathbb{F}_n)\ncong C^\ast_r(\mathbb{F}_m)$ for $n \neq m$. This recovers the seminal result of Pimsner and Voiculescu with a short new proof.
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spellingShingle Non-isomorphism of reduced free group $C^\ast$-algebras
Gao, David
Elayavalli, Srivatsav Kunnawalkam
Operator Algebras
46L05, 46L09, 46L35
Using a new approach involving embedding spaces in II$_1$ factors with plenty of freely independent Haar unitaries, we prove that $C^\ast_r(\mathbb{F}_n)\ncong C^\ast_r(\mathbb{F}_m)$ for $n \neq m$. This recovers the seminal result of Pimsner and Voiculescu with a short new proof.
title Non-isomorphism of reduced free group $C^\ast$-algebras
topic Operator Algebras
46L05, 46L09, 46L35
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09995