The theory of tracial von Neumann algebras does not have a model companion

نویسندگان

  • Isaac Goldbring
  • Bradd Hart
  • Thomas Sinclair
چکیده

In this note, we show that the theory of tracial von Neumann algebras does not have a model companion. This will follow from the fact that the theory of any locally universal, McDuff II1 factor does not have quantifier elimination. We also show how a positive solution to the Connes Embedding Problem implies that there can be no modelcomplete theory of II1 factors.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Symb. Log.

دوره 78  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013