Properties expressible in small fragments of the theory of the hyperfinite II 1 factor
Confluentes Mathematici, Volume 12 (2020) no. 2, pp. 37-47.

We show that any II 1 factor that has the same 4-quantifier theory as the hyperfinite II 1 factor satisfies the conclusion of the Popa Factorial Commutant Embedding Problem (FCEP) and has the Brown property. These results improve recent results proving the same conclusions under the stronger assumption that the factor is actually elementarily equivalent to . In the same spirit, we improve a recent result of the first-named author, who showed that if (1) the amalgamated free product of embeddable factors over a property (T) base is once again embeddable, and (2) is an infinitely generic embeddable factor, then the FCEP is true of all property (T) factors. In this paper, it is shown that item (2) can be weakened to assume that has the same 3-quantifier theory as an infinitely generic embeddable factor.

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DOI: 10.5802/cml.67
Classification: O3C66, 46L10
Keywords: Continuous model theory, von Neumann algebras, II$_1$ factors, factorial commutant embedding problem

Isaac Goldbring 1; Bradd Hart 2

1 Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, 340 Rowland Hall (Bldg.# 400), Irvine, CA 92697-3875, USA
2 Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McMaster University, 1280 Main St., Hamilton ON, Canada L8S 4K1
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Isaac Goldbring; Bradd Hart. Properties expressible in small fragments of the theory of the hyperfinite II$_1$ factor. Confluentes Mathematici, Volume 12 (2020) no. 2, pp. 37-47. doi : 10.5802/cml.67. https://cml.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/cml.67/

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