- Brent Nelson, MSU
- Making Weight
- 09/12/2022
- 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
- C517 Wells Hall
- Brent Nelson (banelson@msu.edu)
A weight on a von Neumann algebra is a positive linear map that is permitted to be infinitely valued. It is a generalization of a positive linear functional that arises naturally in the context of crossed products by non-discrete groups, and they are vital to the study of purely infinite von Neumann algebras. In this talk I will provide an introduction to the theory of weights that assumes only the definition of a von Neumann algebra.
