Noncommutative Geometry Seminar

Topics: Noncommutative geometry and von Neumann algebras

Spring 2003 meetings: tba, in Small 226

Coordinator: Carl Carlson, Dept. of Physics, carlson@physics.wm.edu

Spring 2003 schedule:

• Jan. 6, Monday, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Araki-Woods factors

• Jan. 20, Monday, 2:30 - 4:00 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Invariants of factors

• Jan. 27, Monday, 10:00 - 10:30 am
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Invariants of factors, 2

• Meetings on Feb. 3, 10 cancelled

• Feb. 17, Monday, 2:00 - 3:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Factors and dynamical systems

Fall 2002 schedule:

• Sept 23, Monday
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Examples of type II factors

• Meeting on September 30 is CANCELLED.

• Oct. 7, Monday, 2:30 - 3:50 pm (UNUSUAL TIME !)
  Speaker: Nahum Zobin
  Title: Representations of C*-algebras

• Oct. 14, Monday
  Fall Break -- no meeting

• Oct. 21, Monday
  Speaker: Carl Carlson
  Title: Noncommutative integration.

• Oct. 28, Monday
  Speaker: Carl Carlson
  Title: Noncommutative integration, further results

• Nov. 4, Monday, 2:30 pm (UNUSUAL TIME!)
  Speaker: Carl Carlson
  Title: Weights and integration

• Nov. 11, Monday, 2:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Constuctions of factors, 1.

• Nov. 18, Monday, 2:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Construction of factors, 2.

• Nov. 25, Monday, 2:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Construction of factors, 3.

• Dec. 2, Monday, 2:30 pm
  Speaker: Kevin Mitchell
  Title: Constructions of factors, 4.