Abstract
There is a well-known interpretation of group cohomology in terms of (generalized) group extensions. For a connected semisimple compact Lie group K, we prove that the extensions corresponding to classes in H 4(BK,ℤ) can be interpreted in terms of automorphisms of a pair consisting of a type II1 von Neumann algebra and a Cartan subalgebra.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 199-213 |
Number of pages | 15 |
Journal | Journal of Lie Theory |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 1 |
State | Published - 2004 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Algebra and Number Theory