Faculty of Science

Topics in Operator Algebras
Provider: Faculty of Science

Activity no.: 5582-20-07-31
	Enrollment deadline: 11/11/2020

Place

Department of Mathematical Sciences

Date and time

16.11.2020, at: 08:00 - 29.01.2021, at: 16:00

Regular seats

ECTS credits

7.50

Contact person

Nina Weisse E-mail address: weisse@math.ku.dk

Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser

Magdalena Elena Musat E-mail address: musat@math.ku.dk

Written language

English

Teaching language

English

Semester/Block

Block 2

Scheme group

A (Tues 8-12 + Thurs 8-17)

Exam form

Continuous assessment

Exam form

Continuous assessment

Exam details

There will be given 3 assignments, each of which has to be passed.

Grading scale

Passed / Not passed

Course workload

Course workload category	Hours
Lectures	32.00
Exercises	16.00
Preparation	98.00
Project work	60.00

Sum	206.00

Content

We will cover various topics in operator algebras, with the precise content depending on the interests of the participants, for example

- Dynamical systems and crossed products
- Groups, groupoids and their C*-algebras
- Graph C*-algebras
- K-theory and classification
- von Neumann algebras
- Operator algebras and applications to quantum information theory

Learning outcome

Knowledge: To display knowledge of the course topics and content.

Skills: To be able to use the acquired knowledge to read and understand current research papers.

Competences: The student should be able to apply the theory to solve problems of moderate difficulty within the topics of the course.

Teaching and learning methods

4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of exercises per week for 8 weeks.

Lecturers

Mikael Rørdam & Magdalena Elena Musat

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