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Amenability, group C*-algebras and operator spaces

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December 9, 2016
MSRI
Keywords:
  • amenability
  • amenable groups
  • C*-algebras
  • C* algebras
  • local lifting property
  • weak expectation property
  • a-T-menability
  • fixed point properties
  • hyperbolic groups and generalizations
  • Banach space
  • group cohomology
  • expander graph
  • index theory
  • non-commutative geometry
MSC:
  • 22D25
  • 43A07
  • 46-xx
  • 20-xx
  • 58-xx
  • 57-xx
  • 20F65
  • 46-xx
  • 46L80
  • 20J06
  • 43A07
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Abstract
We will review several results and open problems relating amenability to two properties of group C* algebras introduced or studied by E. Kirchberg, namely the local lifting property (LLP) and the weak expectation property (WEP).
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