On the Cohomology Groups of Certain Von Neumann Algebras with Coefficients in K(h)

Various topological forms of Von Neumann regularity in Banach algebras

We study topological von Neumann regularity and principal von Neumann regularity of Banach algebras. Our main objective is comparing these two types of Banach algebras and some other known Banach algebras with one another. In particular, we show that the class of topologically von Neumann regular Banach algebras contains all $C^*$-algebras, group algebras of compact abelian groups and ...

Reiter’s Properties for the Actions of Locally Compact Quantum Goups on von Neumann Algebras

L-homology for Von Neumann Algebras

The aim of this paper is to introduce a notion of L-homology in the context of von Neumann algebras. Finding a suitable (co)homology theory for von Neumann algebras has been a dream for several generations (see [KR71a, KR71b, JKR72, SS95] and references therein). One’s hope is to have a powerful invariant to distinguish von Neumann algebras. Unfortunately, little positive is known about the Kad...

Cohomology of Hopf C-algebras and Hopf von Neumann algebras

We will define two canonical cohomology theories for Hopf C∗-algebras and for Hopf von Neumann algebras (with coefficients in their comodules). We will then study the situations when these cohomologies vanish. The cases of locally compact groups and compact quantum groups will be considered in more details. 1991 AMS Mathematics Classification number: Primary: 46L55, 46L05; Secondary: 43A07, 22D25

A Cohomological Characterization of Approximately Finite Dimensional Von Neumann Algebras

One of the purposes in the computation of cohomology groups is to establish invariants which may be helpful in the classification of the objects under consideration. In the theory of continuous Hochschild cohomology for operator algebras R. V. Kadison and J. R. Ringrose proved [10] that for any hyperfinite von Neumann algebra M and any dual normal M-bimodule S, all the continuous cohomology gro...