TY - BOOK AU - Bures,Donald TI - Abelian subalgebras of von Neumann algebras T2 - Memoirs of the American Mathematical Society, SN - 9780821899076 (online) AV - QA3 .A57 no. 110 PY - 1971/// CY - Providence, R.I. PB - American Mathematical Society KW - Abelian groups KW - Von Neumann algebras KW - Automorphic functions KW - Transformations (Mathematics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references; Introduction; Remarks on notation; Part I. Multiplicity in factors of type $\textrm {II}_1$; 1. The multiplicity of a projection; 2. The normal case; 3. The general case; Part II. The von Neumann construction of factors; 4. $\mathcal {M}$-groups with $\mathcal {M}$ abelian; 5. $\mathcal {M}$-groups; 6. Subalgebras $\mathcal {M}$ of $\mathcal {A}$ with $\mathcal {A}$ strongly finite over $\mathcal {M}$; 7. Substantial subalgebras; 8. Relations between the type of $\mathcal {A}$ and the type of $G(\mathcal {A,M})$; 9. Construction of $\mathcal {A}$ containing a substantial subalgebra $\mathcal {M}$ with $G(\mathcal {A,M})$ a given full $\mathcal {M}$-group; Part III. Thick subalgebras; 10. Elementary properties; 11. Strong orthogonality; 12. A method for constructing thick subalgebras; 13. Methods for determining the deficiency type and the multiplicity function; 14. Dixmier's example; 15. Some examples of thick subalgebras; Access is restricted to licensed institutions; Electronic reproduction; Providence, Rhode Island; American Mathematical Society; 2012 UR - http://www.ams.org/memo/0110 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1090/memo/0110 ER -