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The fundamental group of the von Neumann algebra of a free group with infinitely many generators is $\mathbb{R}_+\slash \{0\}$

Author(s): Florin Rădulescu
Journal: J. Amer. Math. Soc. 5 (1992), 517-532.
MSC: Primary 46L10; Secondary 22D25
MathSciNet review: 1142260
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