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Title:
Elements of Kasparov’s K-Theory for Correlated and Disordered Systems

Speaker:
Emil Prodan

Abstract:
K-Theory for operator algebras played an essential role in our understanding of the stability of topological invariants of un-correlated systems in the presences of strong disorder. Kasparov’s generalization, widely known as KK-Theory, seems to provide the right framework for treating the correlated and disordered topological phases. In the first part of my talk, I will review the core of Kasparov’s K-theory and indicate connections to Alain Connes’ program in Non-Commutative Geometry, together with index theorems that have been obtained for disordered topological insulators. In the second part, I will discuss one correlated case which is treated within this formalism.

Link:
http://scgp.stonybrook.edu/video_portal/video.php?id=3251

Workshop:
Simons- Workshop: Strongly Correlated Topological Phases of Matter