Beschreibung:
Allan M. Sinclair is a Professor Emeritus in the School of Mathematics at the University of Edinburgh.
The first book devoted to the general theory of finite von Neumann algebras.
General introduction; 1. Masas in B(H); 2. Finite von Neumann algebras; 3. The basic construction; 4. Projections and partial isometries; 5. Normalisers, orthogonality, and distances; 6. The Pukánszky invariant; 7. Operators in L; 8. Perturbations; 9. General perturbations; 10. Singular masas; 11. Existence of special masas; 12. Irreducible hyperfinite subfactors; 13. Maximal injective subalgebras; 14. Masas in non-separable factors; 15. Singly generated II1 factors; Appendix A. The ultrapower and property ¿; Appendix B. Unbounded operators; Appendix C. The trace revisited; Index.