We show that for the t-deformed semicircle measure, where 1/2 < t ≤ 1, the expansions of $L_p$ functions with respect to the associated orthonormal polynomials converge in norm when 3/2 < p < 3 and do not converge when 1 ≤ p < 3/2 or 3 < p. From this we conclude that natural expansions in the non-commutative $L_p$ spaces of free group factors and of free commutation relations do not converge for 1 ≤ p < 3/2 or 3 < p.

We give sufficient conditions on an operator space E and on a semigroup of operators on a von Neumann algebra M to obtain a bounded analytic or R-analytic semigroup (${\left(T\otimes I{d}_E\right)}_{t\ge 0}$ on the vector valued noncommutative $L^p$-space $L^p(M,E)$. Moreover, we give applications to the $H^{\infty }\left({\Sigma }_{\theta }\right)$ functional calculus of the generators of these semigroups, generalizing some earlier work of M. Junge, C. Le Merdy and Q. Xu.

Given a von Neumann algebra M we consider its central extension E(M). For type I von Neumann algebras, E(M) coincides with the algebra LS(M) of all locally measurable operators affiliated with M. In this case we show that an arbitrary automorphism T of E(M) can be decomposed as $T=T_a\circ T_{\varphi }$, where $T_a\left(x\right)=ax{a}^{-1}$ is an inner automorphism implemented by an element a ∈ E(M), and $T_{\varphi }$ is a special automorphism generated by an automorphism ϕ of the center of E(M). In particular if M is of type $I_{\infty }$ then every band preserving automorphism...

We study Banach-Saks properties in symmetric spaces of measurable operators. A principal result shows that if the symmetric Banach function space E on the positive semiaxis with the Fatou property has the Banach-Saks property then so also does the non-commutative space E(ℳ,τ) of τ-measurable operators affiliated with a given semifinite von Neumann algebra (ℳ,τ).

We consider majorization problems in the non-commutative setting. More specifically, suppose E and F are ordered normed spaces (not necessarily lattices), and 0 ≤ T ≤ S in B(E,F). If S belongs to a certain ideal (for instance, the ideal of compact or Dunford-Pettis operators), does it follow that T belongs to that ideal as well? We concentrate on the case when E and F are C*-algebras, preduals of von Neumann algebras, or non-commutative function spaces. In particular, we show that, for C*-algebras...

We present a user-friendly version of a double operator integration theory which still retains a capacity for many useful applications. Using recent results from the latter theory applied in noncommutative geometry, we derive applications to analogues of the classical Heinz inequality, a simplified proof of a famous inequality of Birman-Koplienko-Solomyak and also to the Connes-Moscovici inequality. Our methods are sufficiently strong to treat these...

Junge and Xu (2007), employing the technique of noncommutative interpolation, established a maximal ergodic theorem in noncommutative $L_p$-spaces, 1 < p < ∞, and derived corresponding maximal ergodic inequalities and individual ergodic theorems. In this article, we derive maximal ergodic inequalities in noncommutative $L_p$-spaces directly from the results of Yeadon (1977) and apply them to prove corresponding individual and Besicovitch weighted ergodic theorems. Then we extend these results to noncommutative...

We prove a version of Hölder's inequality with a constant for pth roots of symmetric operator spaces of operators affiliated to a semifinite von Neumann algebra factor, and with constant equal to 1 for strongly symmetric operator spaces.

This paper may be viewed as having two aims. First, we continue our study of algebras of operators on a Hilbert space which have a contractive approximate identity, this time from a more Banach-algebraic point of view. Namely, we mainly investigate topics concerned with the ideal structure, and hereditary subalgebras (or HSA's, which are in some sense a generalization of ideals). Second, we study properties of operator algebras which are hereditary subalgebras in their bidual, or equivalently which...

Let ℳ be a hyperfinite finite von Nemann algebra and ${\left({ℳ}_k\right)}_{k\ge 1}$ be an increasing filtration of finite-dimensional von Neumann subalgebras of ℳ. We investigate abstract fractional integrals associated to the filtration ${\left({ℳ}_k\right)}_{k\ge 1}$. For a finite noncommutative martingale $x={\left(x_k\right)}_{1\le k\le n}\subseteq L₁\left(ℳ\right)$ adapted to ${\left({ℳ}_k\right)}_{k\ge 1}$ and 0 < α < 1, the fractional integral of x of order α is defined by setting $I^{\alpha }x={\sum }_{k=1}^n{\zeta }_k^{\alpha }d{x}_k$ for an appropriate sequence ${\left({\zeta }_k\right)}_{k\ge 1}$ of scalars. For the case of a noncommutative dyadic martingale in L₁() where is the type II₁ hyperfinite factor equipped...

We generalize, to the setting of Arveson’s maximal subdiagonal subalgebras of finite von Neumann algebras, the Szegő $L^p$-distance estimate and classical theorems of F. and M. Riesz, Gleason and Whitney, and Kolmogorov. As a byproduct, this completes the noncommutative analog of the famous cycle of theorems characterizing the function algebraic generalizations of $H^{\infty }$ from the 1960’s. A sample of our other results: we prove a Kaplansky density result for a large class of these algebras, and give a necessary...

We study Banach space properties of non-commutative martingale VMO-spaces associated with general von Neumann algebras. More precisely, we obtain a version of the classical Kadets-Pełczyński dichotomy theorem for subspaces of non-commutative martingale VMO-spaces. As application we prove that if ℳ is hyperfinite then the non-commutative martingale VMO-space associated with a filtration of finite-dimensional von Neumannn subalgebras of ℳ has property (u).

We introduce and study the noncommutative Orlicz spaces associated to a normal faithful state on a semifinite von Neumann algebra.

Poincaré’s classical recurrence theorem is generalised to the noncommutative setup where a measure space with a measure-preserving transformation is replaced by a von Neumann algebra with a weight and a Jordan morphism leaving the weight invariant. This is done by a suitable reformulation of the theorem in the language of $L^{\infty }$-space rather than the original measure space, thus allowing the replacement of the commutative von Neumann algebra $L^{\infty }$ by a noncommutative one.

This paper is devoted to the study of noncommutative weak Orlicz spaces and martingale inequalities. The Marcinkiewicz interpolation theorem is extended to include noncommutative weak Orlicz spaces as interpolation classes. As an application, we prove the weak type Φ-moment Burkholder-Gundy inequality for noncommutative martingales through establishing a weak type Φ-moment noncommutative Khinchin inequality for Rademacher random variables.

The notion of bundle convergence in von Neumann algebras and their $L_2$-spaces for single (ordinary) sequences was introduced by Hensz, Jajte, and Paszkiewicz in 1996. Bundle convergence is stronger than almost sure convergence in von Neumann algebras. Our main result is the extension of the two-parameter Rademacher-Men’shov theorem from the classical commutative case to the noncommutative case. To our best knowledge, this is the first attempt to adopt the notion of bundle convergence to multiple series....

For $\left(P_k\right)$ being Rademacher, Fermion or q-Gaussian (-1 ≤ q ≤ 0) operators, we find the optimal constants $C_{2n}$, n∈ ℕ, in the inequality $\parallel {\sum }_{k=1}^N{A}_k\otimes P_k{\parallel }_{2n}\le {\left[C_{2n}\right]}^{1/2n}max{\parallel ({\sum }_{k=1}^{N}A{*}_k{A}_k}^{1/2}{\parallel }_{L_{2n}},\parallel ({\sum }_{k=1}^N{A}_{k}A{*}_k$1/2∥L2n$,$valid for all finite sequences of operators $\left(A_k\right)$ in the non-commutative $L_{2n}$ space related to a semifinite von Neumann algebra with trace. In particular, $C_{2n}=(2nr-1)!!$ for the Rademacher and Fermion sequences.

In earlier papers we have introduced and studied a new notion of positivity in operator algebras, with an eye to extending certain C*-algebraic results and theories to more general algebras. Here we continue to develop this positivity and its associated ordering, proving many foundational facts. We also give many applications, for example to noncommutative topology, noncommutative peak sets, lifting problems, peak interpolation, approximate identities, and to order relations between an operator...