Noncommutative Geometry at Fields Institute, May 2008

Vanderbilt University, Nashville TN

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Abstract

Abstract Yu The purpose of this proposal is to support US graduate students/postdocs and US speakers to participate in the Noncommutative Geometry Workshop and the Canadian Symposium on Operator Algebras and Their Applications. The Fields Institute of Mathematical Sciences will host a Noncommutative Geometry Workshop during May 27-31, 2008, and the Canadian Symposium on Operator Algebras and Their Applications during May 20-28, 2008. Noncommutative Geometry is a mathematical theory specifically designed to handle "geometric objects", whose coordinates do not commute but which do occur naturally in both mathematics and physics. Noncommutative Geometry has undergone vigorous growth in the last decade or so. It has been the source of many exciting new developments in several different fields of both core mathematics and mathematical physics. The main goal of these meetings is to highlight the most significant recent advances in Noncommutative Geometry, to identify new emerging directions, and to help graduate students/postdocs to navigate to the frontier of Noncommutative Geometry.