Seminar (Operator Algebras)

Laurent Cantier (UAB-Czech Academy of Sciences)

Webbing transformations and C*-algebras

Abstract: In the recent light of the emergence of new invariants for non-simple C*-algebras, we expose a categorical construction that we refer to as the webbing transformation, allowing to generically merge distinct C*-invariants together. E.g. the Cuntz semigroup together with K-theoretical data. One of the benefits is to naturally incorporate the data encoded within any (closed two-sided) ideals. In this talk, we will first define our categorical framework and study properties of these webbed objects, including an ideal-quotient theory, to then venture into their possible impact on the classification of non-simple C*-algebras.