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Jakub Curda

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Examples of W$^*$ and C$^*$-superrigid product groups

We provide a new large class $\mathcal C_{AFP}$ of amalgamated free product groups for which the product rigidity result from [CdSS15] holds: if $G_1,\dots,G_n\in\mathcal C_{AFP}$ and $H$ is any group such that $L(G_1\times\dots\times G_n)\cong L(H)$, then there exists a product decomposition $H=H_1\times\dots\times H_n$ such that $L(H_i)$ is stably isomorphic to $L(G_i)$, for any $1\leq i\leq n$. The class $\mathcal C_{AFP}$ contains $W^*$ and $C^*$-superrigid groups from [CD-AD20]. Consequently, we obtain examples of product groups that are both $W^*$ and $C^*$-superrigid.

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Graph C*-algebras are singly generated

We show that the $C^*$-algebra of a countable directed graph is singly generated. As a consequence, any $C^*$-algebra generated by a countable family of projections and partial isometries satisfying Cuntz-Krieger relations is singly generated.

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Free Independence is not definable

Free independence is an important tool for studying the structure of operator algebras. It is natural to ask from the model-theoretic standpoint whether free independence is captured well in first-order model theory via the notion of a definable set. We prove that pairs of freely independent elements do not form a definable set in the sense of continuous model theory, relative to the theory of both C$^*$-probability spaces and tracial von Neumann algebras.

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