Analysis seminar

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.