1Department of Mathematics, 421 Ambrose Hall, Saint Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, Iowa, 52803, U. S. A.
Turkish Journal of Analysis and Number Theory.
2017,
Vol. 5 No. 2, 31-56
DOI: 10.12691/tjant-5-2-2
Copyright © 2017 Science and Education PublishingCite this paper: Ilwoo Cho.
p-Adic Number Fields Acting On
W*-Probability Spaces.
Turkish Journal of Analysis and Number Theory. 2017; 5(2):31-56. doi: 10.12691/tjant-5-2-2.
Correspondence to: Ilwoo Cho, Department of Mathematics, 421 Ambrose Hall, Saint Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, Iowa, 52803, U. S. A.. Email:
choilwoo@sau.eduAbstract
In this paper, we study how a
p-adic number field

acts on an arbitrarily fixed
W*-algebra, and how it affects the original free-probabilistic information on the
W*-algebra, for each prime
p. In particular, by understanding the σ-algebra

of

as a semigroup equipped with the setintersection, we act

on a unital tracial
W*-probability space (
M,
tr), creating the corresponding semigroup
W*-dynamical system. From such a dynamical system, construct the crossed product
W*-algebra equipped with a suitable linear functional. We study free probability on such
W*-dynamical operator-algebraic structures determined by primes, and those on corresponding free products of such structures over primes. As application, we study cases where given
W*-probability spaces are generated by countable discrete groups.
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