Masterclass on Groups, boundary actions and group C*-algebras The University of Copenhagen 13-17 April 2015

The purpose of this PhD Master class is to present the recent developments and applications of the theory of Poisson-Furstenberg boundaries of a group, both from the probabilistic approach, and from the new operator algebraic perspective.

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Speakers:

The main lecture series will be delivered by:

• Emmanuel Breuillard, Universite Paris Sud 11
• Vadim Kaimanovich, University of Ottawa
• Matthew Kennedy, Carleton University
• Robin Tucker-Drob, Rutgers University

There is also a special Harald Bohr Lecture by Efim Zelmanov on Tuesday, April 14, at 15:15.

Titles and abstracts:

• Emmanuel Breuillard: Random Walks and Spectral Gaps.
• Vadim Kaimanovich: Boundary of groups: geometry, probability and analysis.
  
• Matthew Kennedy: Boundaries, injectivity and C*-simplicity for discrete groups.
• Robin Tucker-Drob: Group invariant means and inner amenability.

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Notes for the lectures:

Notes taken by Hiroshi Ando:

• Kaimanovich: I+II K, III+IV K, V+VI K, VII+VIII K.
• Tucker-Drob: I+II TD, III TD, IV TD, V+VI TD.
• Kennedy: I, II+III, IV, V, VI.
• Breuillard: I+II B, III+IV B.

Program:

The program can be found HERE.

Participants:

List of participants can be found HERE.

Organizers: Magdalena Musat, Mikael Rørdam