Mon, 16 Jun 2025

15:30 - 16:30
L5

A unitary three-functor formalism for commutative Von Neumann algebras

Thomas Wasserman
((Oxford University))
Abstract

Six-functor formalisms are ubiquitous in mathematics, and I will start this talk by giving a quick introduction to them. A three-functor formalism is, as the name suggests, (the better) half of a six-functor formalism. I will discuss what it means for such a three-functor formalism to be unitary, and why commutative Von Neumann algebras (and hence, by the Gelfand-Naimark theorem, measure spaces) admit a unitary three-functor formalism that can be viewed as mixing sheaf theory with functional analysis. Based on joint work with André Henriques.

Fri, 14 Nov 2025

11:00 - 12:00
L4

To be announced

Dr Mehmet Can Uçar
(School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences University of Sheffield)
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