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There is no separable universal $\mathrm{II}_1$-factor

Author(s): Narutaka Ozawa
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 132 (2004), 487-490.
MSC (2000): Primary 46L10; Secondary 20F65
Posted: June 23, 2003
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Abstract: Gromov constructed uncountably many pairwise nonisomorphic discrete groups with Kazhdan's property $\mathrm{(T)}$. We will show that no separable $\mathrm{II}_1$-factor can contain all these groups in its unitary group. In particular, no separable $\mathrm{II}_1$-factor can contain all separable $\mathrm{II}_1$-factors in it. We also show that the full group $C^*$-algebras of some of these groups fail the lifting property.

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Narutaka Ozawa
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8914, Japan
Email: narutaka@ms.u-tokyo.ac.jp

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-03-07127-2
PII: S 0002-9939(03)07127-2
Keywords: Universal $\mathrm{II}_1$-factor, uncountably many $\mathrm{II}_1$-factors, lifting property
Received by editor(s): October 10, 2002
Posted: June 23, 2003
Additional Notes: The author was partially supported by JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad.
Communicated by: David R. Larson
Copyright of article: Copyright 2003, American Mathematical Society

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