dr. Brain's seminar at SISSA

[Emanuele Tuillier Illingworth]

SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT


Dr. Simon Brain (Università di Trieste)

TITLE: Introduction to KK-Theory

ABSTRACT: KK-Theory was introduced in the early 1980s by Kasparov as a
generalization of both K-homology and K-theory for $C^*$-algebras.
Over recent years it has found itself to be a key ingredient in
noncommutative geometry.

The aim of this talk is to understand what KK-theory is, in both the
"bounded" setting of noncommutative topology and the "unbounded"
setting of noncommutative geometry, and how these two pictures are
related. Time permitting, I will briefly outline some applications of
KK-theory to index theory.


Monday 4 Feb, 16:00, SISSA Room 136.