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Von Neumann Algebras And Extensions Of Inverse Semigroups, Allan P. Donsig, Adam H. Fuller, David R. Pitts
Von Neumann Algebras And Extensions Of Inverse Semigroups, Allan P. Donsig, Adam H. Fuller, David R. Pitts
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In the 1970s, Feldman and Moore classified separably acting von Neumann algebras containing Cartan MASAs using measured equivalence re- lations and 2-cocycles on such equivalence relations. In this paper, we give a new classification in terms of extensions of inverse semigroups. Our approach is more algebraic in character and less point-based than that of Feldman-Moore. As an application, we give a restatement of the spectral theorem for bimodules in terms of subsets of inverse semigroups. We also show how our viewpoint leads naturally to a description of maximal subdiagonal algebras.