Title	Symmetry and complex structure in C*-algebras
Creator	Blackadar, Bruce
Publisher	Banff International Research Station for Mathematical Innovation and Discovery
Date Issued	2017-09-06T11:01
Description	A C-algebra is symmetric if it is isomorphic to its opposite algebra, or equivalently if it has a conjugate-linear automorphism. Not all nuclear C-algebras, not even all homogeneous C-algebras, are symmetric, but all currently classifiable ones are. A sufficiently nonsymmetric C-algebra (one not KK-equivalent to its opposite algebra) would even be a counterexample to the UCT. A better understanding of symmetry will be needed to extend classification beyond its current limits, especially to nonsimple C-algebras. I will discuss some aspects of symmetry and th rigidity of complex structure in C-algebras, with some examples. The talk will be rather speculative, with more questions than answers.
Extent	34 minutes
Subject	Mathematics; Functional analysis; Operator theory
Type	Moving Image
File Format	video/mp4
Language	eng
Notes	Author affiliation: University of Nevada at Reno
Series	BIRS Workshop Lecture Videos (Banff, Alta)
Date Available	2018-04-04
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0364655
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/65099
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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