• Bulletin of the Korean Mathematical Society
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.997-1000
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• 2010

We prove that the reduced free product of $k\;{\times}\;k$ matrix algebras over abelian $C^*$-algebras is not the minimal tensor product of reduced free products of $k\;{\times}\;k$ matrix algebras over abelian $C^*$-algebras. It is shown that the reduced group $C^*$-algebra associated with a group having the property T of Kazhdan is not isomorphic to a reduced free product of abelian $C^*$-algebras or the minimal tensor product of such reduced free products. The infinite tensor product of reduced free products of abelian $C^*$-algebras is not isomorphic to the tensor product of a nuclear $C^*$-algebra and a reduced free product of abelian $C^*$-algebra. We discuss the freeness of free product $II_1$-factors and solidity of free product $II_1$-factors weaker than that of Ozawa. We show that the freeness in a free product is related to the existence of Cartan subalgebras in free product $II_1$-factors. Finally, we give a free product factor which is not solid in the weak sense.

• The Pure and Applied Mathematics
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.307-315
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• 2007

We study crossed products of the free group and semigroup $C^*-algebras$ by actions of ${\mathbb{R}$, i.e., flows, and estimate and compute their stable rank.

• Journal of the Chungcheong Mathematical Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.13-23
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• 2003

We prove a simplicity of the $C^*$-algebra generated by some $C^*$-subalgebra and a Haar unitary in a free product of finite von Neumann algebras. Some examples and questions are given.