Events - November 2014

Phillip Xiao, Department of Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

Jon Herman, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

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

Patrick Ingram, University of Colorado

"The arithmetic of postcritically finite maps"

Philip Xiao, Pure Mathematics, University of Waterloo

"K-theory of C*-algebras and of topological spaces -- Part II"

We will continue and finish the proof that $K^0 (X) \cong K_0 (C(X))$
for $X$ a compact Hausdorff space. We'll see some simple examples, but
computing the $K_0$ (or $K^0$) can be difficult in general. In hope to
aid computation, we'll take a look at the functoriality of $K_0$ and