Journal of Operator Theory
Volume 56, Issue 1, Summer 2006 pp. 199-217.
Actions and coactions of measured groupoids on W∗-algebrasAuthors: Karla J. Oty 1 and Arlan Ramsay 2
Author institution: 1 Department of Mathematical Sciences, Cameron University, Lawton, OK 73505, USA
2 Department of Mathematics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA
Summary: This paper answers some questions involved in extending from groups to groupoids the theory of actions and coactions on W∗-algebras. In particular, we explain the connection between actions of a measured groupoid, G, on a bundle of W∗-algebras, and Hopf actions of the Hopf algebroid L∞(G) on the direct integral of the bundle of W∗-algebras. The Hopf algebroid structure on L∞(G) is determined by G and can be used to construct G up to a set of measure zero.
Keywords: groupoids, W∗-algebras, actions, coactions, duality
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