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Quantized groups, string algebras and Galois theory for algebras. (English) Zbl 0696.46048
Operator algebras and applications. Vol 2: Mathematical physics and subfactors, Pap. UK-US Jt. Semin., Warwick/UK 1987, Lond. Math. Soc. Lect. Note Ser. 136, 119-172 (1988).
[For the entire collection see Zbl 0668.00015.]
Introducing the notion of a paragroup (a natural quantization of a finite group) the author builds a Galois theory for the relative position of subfactors of finite index in the hyperfinite $$II_ 1$$-factor R. These paragroups whose underlying set is a graph with elements the strings on the graph and composition given by geometrical connection produce a complete conjugacy invariant. This construction also explains and proves the rigidity of the James index: for $$n\geq 3$$ there are at most 4 conjugacy classes of subfactors of R with James index 4 $$cos^ 2(\pi /n)$$.
Reviewer: H.Schröder

##### MSC:
 46L35 Classifications of $$C^*$$-algebras 46L60 Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics 81T30 String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory