Abstract

We show that the notion of asymptotic lift generalizes naturally to normal positive maps ϕ : M → M acting on von Neumann algebras M. We focus on cases in which the domain of the asymptotic lift can be embedded as an operator subsystem M_∞⊆ M and characterize when M_∞ is a Jordan subalgebra of M in terms of the asymptotic multiplicative properties of ϕ.

Keywords

von Neumann algebras, positive maps, ergodic theory, asymptotic lifts

Mathematical Subject Classification

Primary: 46L55

Secondary: 46L40

Milestones

Received: 15 November 2006
Accepted: 9 July 2007

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