Intro to operator algebras, II

21.01.2010 15:00 - 16:30

A. Törnquist (U Wien)

Today I will outline a proof of a result of Akemann and Weaver from 2004 that Diamond implies that there is a unital C* algebra generated by aleph_1 elements, which has the property that all irreducible representations (irreps) are equivalent (i.e. unitarily conjugate.) This shows the consistency of a negative solution to a problem posed by Naimark in 1948, asking if K(H) is the only C* algebra with the property that all irreps are equivalent. (In that 1948 paper Naimark showed that all irreps of K(H) are equivalent, hence the question.)

Organiser:

KGRC

Location:
SR 101, 2. St., Währinger Str. 25