Contractibility of the automorphism group of a von Neumann algebra

Abstract

We prove that the approximately inner automorphism group of a separable strongly stable von Neumann algebra is contractible in the u-topology. Thus the automorphism group of the hyperfinite type III1 factor is contractible.

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