$C^*$-algebras for infinite dimensional Lie groups and supergroups

Date/heure
20 novembre 2015
10:00 - 12:00

Oratrice ou orateur
Karl-Hermann Neeb

Catégorie d'évènement
Groupe de travail Géométrie non commutative


Résumé

In the representation theory of locally compact groups the one-to-one passage between unitary group representations and representations of the corresponding group $C^*$-algebra obtained from $L^1(G)$ is a key tool that makes the rich toolbox of $C^*$-algebraic techniques available in the group context. For infinite dimensional groups there is no Haar measure and therefore no $L^1$-algebra that can be used to obtain a universal $C^*$-algebra. However, under certain semiboundedness requirements on spectra, one can use analytic continuations to obtain $C^*$-algebras whose representation theory cover the so-called semibounded unitary representations of Lie groups. This technique can even be used to construct $C^*$-algebras whose representations are precisely the unitary representations of certain Lie supergroups. The CAR algebra of the canonical anticommutation relations is the most basic example.