Similarity Structure Groups with Prime Group von Neumann Algebras

Seminar series

Functional Analysis Seminar

Date

Wed, 18 Mar 2026
16:00

Location

Speaker

Patrick Henry Debonis

Organisation

Purdue University

We will introduce a class of countable homeomorphism groups that share many properties with Thompson's group V, known as FSS* groups. This talk from Patrick Henry DeBonis will focus on some of the group constructions and deformation/rigidity arguments needed to prove FSS* group von Neumann algebras are prime - and have potential for wider applications.