Isomorphisms between infinite free product C*-algebras
Ilan Hirshberg (BGU)
Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 13:00 – 14:00, 201
A $C^\ast$-probability space is a pair $(A,\tau)$ consisting of a $C^\ast$-algebra and a tracial state $\tau$ on $A$. For any two $C^\ast$-probability spaces, there’s a definition of a reduced free product $C^\ast$-algebra $(A,\tau) \ast_r (B,\sigma)$. This is a generalization of the case of reduced group $C^\ast$-algebras: if $G$ and $H$ are discrete groups, then the reduced free product of $C^\ast_r(G)$ and $C^\ast_r(H)$ is the reduced group $C^\ast$-algebra of the free product $G \ast H$. We show that if $A$ decomposes as a nontrivial reduced free power of infinitely many copies of separable $C^\ast$-probability spaces, then $C([0,1]) \ast_r A$ is isomorphic to $A$. Several other related isomorphism theorems are obtained as well. I will review some background and outline the proof. This is joint work with N. Christopher Phillips.