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Transport of central models and disintegration of intertwiners
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Choice. Let be a second-countable locally compact group and a separable strongly continuous unitary representation with two central decompositions , , and , , in the sense of Central decomposition into factor representations. Then there exist conull Borel sets , , a bimeasurable bijection with equivalent to , and a field of unitaries that is measurable over and satisfies Consequently the two central decompositions determine the same base modulo null sets and null-set modification, and the fibre representations are unitarily equivalent almost everywhere through a measurable field.
Facts & Assumptions
Central decompositions identify the centre with the full scalar diagonal algebra and have nonzero fibres after removing null zero strata (Central decomposition into factor representations).
A unitary conjugating the full scalar diagonal algebras of nonzero standard-Borel sigma-finite fields is implemented by a conull bimeasurable base bijection and a measurable fibre-unitary field, with pushforward measure equivalent to the target measure and square-root Radon–Nikodym normalization (Two common diagonalizations differ by a bimeasurable base isomorphism and a measurable field of unitaries, Direct integrals transport along bimeasurable base isomorphisms).
Decomposable representatives are unique almost everywhere; on one base scalar-commuting bounded operators are decomposable (Decomposable operators are the commutant of diagonal multiplication). Representation fibres are strongly continuous (Disintegration of a separable group representation over a commuting diagonal algebra). The base and choice conventions are Standard Borel spaces, The Axiom of Choice.
Proof
Given: The hypotheses and notation of the Statement, including AC.
Write and . The unitary satisfies by [F1]. Apply [F2] to obtain and the normalized formula , where multiplies by the square root of . This normalization commutes with every fibre representation operator because it is scalar.
For every fixed , . Using the formula of step 1.1, transport to one base and cancel ; [F3] gives almost everywhere. Choose a countable dense subset of and remove the union of these null sets for . At each remaining , both orbit maps are continuous, so equality on extends to every by density. The fibre equivalence therefore holds on a single conull set for the whole group. The bimeasurable bijection and measure equivalence from [F2] identify the two bases modulo null sets as asserted.
Boundary and source qualifications
AC is inherited from central decomposition and spatialization and supplies the countable dense choice used in the common-null-set argument. Discarding zero fibre strata is permitted by the definition of central decomposition; null total spaces use empty conull bases. The group is second countable, and strong continuity is essential for extending from the countable dense set. The Radon–Nikodym weight affects norms and measure normalization but cancels from intertwining because it is scalar. No source citation replaces a local supplier proof. The referenced complete Bekka–de la Harpe PDF, pp. 195–202, and Blackadar PDF pp. 255–262 were consulted for the central/type-I architecture; Blackadar explicitly outlines the direct-integral theory and refers technical details elsewhere. The measurable and spatial steps here use the proved local suppliers named above.
Depends on
- Two common diagonalizations differ by a bimeasurable base isomorphism and a measurable field of unitaries
- Central decomposition into factor representations
- Disintegration of a separable group representation over a commuting diagonal algebra
- Direct integrals transport along bimeasurable base isomorphisms
- Decomposable operators are the commutant of diagonal multiplication
- Standard Borel spaces
- The Axiom of Choice
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Sources
- Bachir Bekka and Pierre de la Harpe, Unitary Representations of Groups, Duals, and Characters (arXiv:1912.07262v1, 16 December 2019; author-hosted complete book draft) (standard reference, not scraped)
- Bruce Blackadar, Operator Algebras: Theory of C*-Algebras and von Neumann Algebras (author-hosted complete text) (standard reference, not scraped)