Introduction to subfactor theory
- đ¤ Speaker: David Penneys (University of California, Los Angeles)
- đ Date & Time: Wednesday 11 January 2017, 13:30 - 15:00
- đ Venue: Seminar Room 2, Newton Institute
Abstract
In this series of lectures, I'll give an introduction to the modern theory of subfactors initiated by Vaughan Jones. We'll begin with invariants for subfactors, like the index, the principal graph, and the standard invariant. We'll then discuss Jones' planar algebras as an elegant and powerful tool for the construction and classification of subfactors. The standard invariant can also be seen as a unitary 2-category, and the categorical framework has been very important for recent results. Finally, we'll discuss the classification of 'small' examples from several viewpoints.
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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David Penneys (University of California, Los Angeles)
Wednesday 11 January 2017, 13:30-15:00