Specialized Lectures on Banach and Operator Algebras over Groups

April 7 - 16, 2014, The Fields Institute

Location: Fields Institute

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Monday, April 7th, 2014
11:30	Synthesis in harmonic analysis and operator theory, Lecture 1 Lyudmila Turowska Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
14:00	Operator algebras and contractive approximate identities, Lecture 1 Charles Read, University of Leeds Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
15:30	Synthesis in harmonic analysis and operator theory, Lecture 2 Lyudmila Turowska Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014
11:30	On subalgebras of Fourier-Steiltjes algebras Nico Spronk, University of Waterloo
14:00	Operator algebras and contractive approximate identities, Lecture 2 Charles Read, University of Leeds
15:30	Completely bounded homomorphisms of the Fourier algebras Monica Ilie, Lakehead University

Wednesday, April 9th, 2014
14:00	Operator algebras and contractive approximate identities, Lecture 2 Charles Read, University of Leeds
15:30	Automatic continuity in non-associative Banach algebras Cho-Ho Chu

Thursday, April 10th, 2014
10:00	Complemented subspaces of the group von Neumann algebras To-Ming Lau Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
11:30	Some geometric properties of Banach algebras related to the Fourier algebra Ed Granirer Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
14:00	Aspects of positivity in operator algebras David Blecher, University of Houston Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
15:30	Topological centres and weighted convolution algebras Matthew Mazowita Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

Friday, April 11th, 2014
10:00	Some local properties of group and quantum group C-algebras Zhong-Jin Ruan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Location:*Fields Institute, Room 230
11:30	Convolution algebras associated with locally compact groups Zhiguo Hu, University of Windsor Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
14:00	Weak amenability of weighted group algebras Yong Zhang, University of Manitoba Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

Monday, April 14th, 2014
10:00	Recent advances on Arens (ir)regularity Matthias Neufang, Carleton University Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
11:30	Approximate identities in Banach function algebras and BSE norms Garth Dales, Lancaster University Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
14:00	Weak amenability of Fourier algebras: old and new results Yemon Choi, Lancaster University Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
15:30	Weak amenability of the Fourier algebra of the Heisenberg group Mahya Ghandehari, University of Waterloo Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
10:00	Connes-amenability of Fourier-Stieltjes algebras Volker Runde, University of Alberta Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
11:30	Contractive homomorphisms from the Fourier algebras Hung Le Pham Location:Fields Institute, Room 230
14:00	Lecture 2 Matthias Neufang, Carleton University Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

Wednesday, April 16th, 2014
10:00	Group C-algebra norms between the full and reduced norms Matthew Wiersma, University of Waterloo Location:*Fields Institute, Room 230
11:30	Generalized Wavelet Transforms Keith Taylor Location:Fields Institute, Room 230

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