Nicola Watson, University of Toronto
"Classification, Covering Dimension and Lifting Properties"
Whilst
classification
results
may
not,
on
the
surface,
appear
too
interesting,
the
classification
program
for
nuclear
C*-algebras
has
raised
numerous
thought-provoking
questions
and
led
to
the
development
of
many
useful,
structural
tools
that
have
applications
outside
of
the
program.
In
this
talk,
we
shall
discuss
why
this
is,
and
give
a
number
of
these
tools
and
questions,
focusing
on
the
recent
development
of
the
notions
of
noncommutative
covering
dimension
and
local
semiprojectivity.