Concrete classification and centralizers of certain Z²⋊SL(2,Z)-actions

Abstract

We introduce a new class of actions of the group Z²⋊SL(2,Z) on finite von Neumann algebras and call them twisted Bernoulli shift actions. We classify these actions up to conjugacy and give an explicit description of their centralizers. We also distinguish many of those actions on the AFD II₁ factor in view of outer conjugacy.