On triangular algebras with noncommutative diagonals

We construct a triangular algebra whose diagonals form a noncommutative algebra and its lattice of invariant projections contains only two nontrivial projections. Moreover we prove that our triangular algebra is maximal.

Local 3-cocycles of von Neumann algebras

We show that every local 3-cocycle of a von Neumann algebra $\mathcal{R}$ into an arbitrary unital dual $\mathcal{R}$ -bimodule $\mathcal{S}$ is a 3-cocycle.

On maximal injective subalgebras in a wΓ factor

Let $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?) × α ? be the crossed product von Neumann algebra of the free group factor $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?), associated with the left regular representation λ of the free group F ? with the set {u r : r ∈ ?} of generators, by an automorphism α defined by α(λ(u r )) = exp(2πri)λ(u r ), where ? is the rational number set. We show that $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?) × α ? is a wΓ factor, and for each r ∈ ?, the von Neumann subalgebra $ \mathcal{A}_r $ generated in $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?) × α ? by λ(u r ) and υ is maximal injective, where υ is the unitary implementing the automorphism α. In particular, $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?) × α ? is a wΓ factor with a maximal abelian selfadjoint subalgebra $ \mathcal{A}_0 $ which cannot be contained in any hyperfinite type II1 subfactor of $ \mathcal{L} $ (F ?) × α ?. This gives a counterexample of Kadison’s problem in the case of wΓ factor.