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Abstract for MSRI Preprint 2000-023

Characterizing Type I C*-algebras via Entropy

Nathanial P. Brown

Let $A$ be a separable unital $C^*$-algebra. It is shown that $A$ is type I if and only if the CNT-entropy of every inner automorphism of $A$ is zero.