General introduction -- Masas in B(H) -- Finite von Neumann algebras -- The basic construction -- Projections and partial isometries -- Normalisers, orthogonality, and distances -- The Pukanszky invariant -- Operators in L -- Perturbations -- General perturbations -- Singular masas -- Existence of special masas -- Irreducible hyperfinite subfactors -- Maximal injective subalgebras -- Masas in non-separable factors -- Singly generated II1 factors -- Appendix A. The ultrapower and property GAMMA -- Appendix B. Unbounded operators -- Appendix C -- The trace revisited -- Index
Summary
The first book devoted to the general theory of finite von Neumann algebras
Notes
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-393) and indexes