Approximate bicommutant conjecture for separable factors

Let M\mathcal{M} be a separable factor, and let AM\mathcal{A}\subseteq\mathcal{M} be a separable unital CC^*-subalgebra. The relative approximate bicommutant of A\mathcal{A} in M\mathcal{M} is the corresponding asymptotic bicommutant taken relative to M\mathcal{M}. Approximate bicommutant conjecture. Every separable unital CC^*-subalgebra of M\mathcal{M} equals its relative approximate bicommutant in M\mathcal{M}. This generalizes Hadwin's asymptotic bicommutant theorem for B(H)\mathcal{B}(\mathcal{H}) and the theorem established in separable type III\mathrm{III} factors; the type II\mathrm{II} case is presented as requiring new methods and remains open.

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Donald Hadwin, Minghui Ma and Junhao Shen, “Voiculescu's Theorem in Properly Infinite Factors”, arXiv:2403.05799 (2025).

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