PMath 822, Fall 2013, Operator Spaces
Instructor:
Nico Spronk
Class Time and Place:
Prerequisites:
Functional analysis, especially Hahn-Baanch Theorem and applications. I will structure the course so that deep knowledge of operator algebra techniques is not required. Since I cannot do it justice in class, here is
a brief introduction to C*-algebras.
A note on the
second dual of a C*-algebra.
Source text(s):
G. Pisier, Introduction to Operator Space Theory,
LMS Lec. Notes 294, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003.
E. G. Effros and Z.-J. Ruan, Operator Space, LMS Monographs -
New Series 23, Oxford Science, 2000.
V. Paulsen, Completely Bounded Maps and Operator Algebras,
Cambridge Univ. Press, 2002.
G. Pisier, Similarity Problems and Completely Bounded Maps,
Lec. Notes in Math. 1618, Springer, 2001.
Assignments: All documents in PDF.
Assignment #1
Assignment #2
Talks.