Student Working Seminar in Groups and Dynamics

Date: October 16, 2020

Time: 11:00AM - 12:00PM

Location: Zoom

Speaker: Alex Weygandt

Title: Topological Dynamics and Operator Algebras

Abstract: In topological dynamics, one studies (groups of) homeomorphisms on topological spaces. Under mild assumptions, one can generate C*-algebras, called transformation group C^*-algebras, which capture many of the properties of such dynamical systems. In this talk, I will define how one obtains transformation group C*-algebras, and discuss how properties of topological dynamical systems induce properties of the corresponding transformation group C*-algebra, and vice versa.