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For a countable group $G$ we construct a small, idempotent complete, symmetric monoidal, stable $\infty$-category $\mathrm{KK}^{G}_{\mathrm{sep}}$ whose homotopy category recovers the triangulated equivariant Kasparov category of separable…

We compute the dynamic asymptotic dimension of the principal groupoid models for the Cuntz algebras $\mathcal{O}_k$ for $2 \leq k < \infty$ that have arisen from work of Winter and the authors. Our method generalises to a wide class of…

The quantum duality Principle of Drinfel'd states that any quantization ${\mathcal{G}}_{\hbar}$ of a Poisson-Lie group $\mathcal{G}$ should be dual as a quantum group to a quantization $\mathcal{G}^*_{\hbar}$ of the Poisson dual group…

We give an overview of results tying together a circle of problems connected to the Connes Embedding Problem, Kirchberg's reformulations thereof, Tsirelson's conjecture and its relation to quantum information theory, and a class of quantum…

Expanding on previous work of the author, we initiate the model theoretic study of W$^*$-dynamical systems. We axiomatize continuous weight-preserving group actions of $G$ on von Neumann algebras for $G$ a given locally compact Hausdorff…

We prove the dichotomy that every Coxeter group either has a strongly solid group von Neumann algebra or contains the product of an infinite cyclic group and a free group of rank 2. This generalizes the same dichotomy for right-angled…

Semi-free ideal rings, or semifirs, were introduced by Paul M. Cohn to study universal localizations in the non-commutative setting. We provide new examples of semifirs consisting of analytic functions in several non-commuting variables.…

We compare two approaches which use K-theory for C*-algebras to classify symmetry protected topological phases of quantum systems described in the one particle approximation. In the approach by Kellendonk, which is more abstract and more…

We introduce, investigate and compare several order type relations on the set of tripotents in a JB$^*$-triple. The main two relations we address are $\le_h$ and $\le_n$. We say that $u\le_h e$ (or $u\le_n e$) if $u$ is a self-adjoint (or…

For a real distribution $\mathcal{D}$ on the interval $[0,L]$ with $\tilde{\mathcal{ D}}$ the associated even distribution on the interval $[-L, L]$, we prove that if the associated quadratic form with Schwartz kernel $\tilde{\mathcal{D}}(x…

Developing new techniques at the interface of geometric group theory and von Neumann algebras, we identify the first examples of ICC groups $G$ whose von Neumann algebras are McDuff and exhibit a new rigidity phenomenon, termed McDuff…

We develop two approaches to Quantum (or Non-commutative) Graphs based on arbitrary von Neumann algebras $M\subseteq\mathcal B(H)$: one looking at operator bimodules of Hilbert--Schmidt (instead of bounded) operators, and the second looking…

The paper is devoted to characterizing convex trace ranges in finite atomic von Neumann algebras. The main result provides us with the necessary and sufficient condition for the range of a faithful normal trace on a finite atomic von…

In this paper, we study abstract dynamical systems with discrete phase spaces. One example of such a system is induced by the $3 x{+}1$-map on the set of all natural numbers, also known as the Collatz map. Our main focus is on dynamical…

In this article, we study the so-called abelian Rokhlin property for actions of locally compact, abelian groups on C$^*$-algebras. We propose a unifying framework for obtaining various duality results related to this property. The abelian…

We show that the distance from an element of a C*-algebra to the set of regular elements is the infimum of the $\delta>0$ for which the $\delta$-cut-down of the element admits a polar decomposition within the algebra. This parallels results…

A result of Dadarlat shows that nonzero even rational cohomology obstructs the matricial stability of many discrete groups. In the author's previous work, 2-cohomology is used to argue that certain groups are not stable in unnormalized…

We verify the conjecture on continuous-trace subquotients for $C^*$-algebras of nilpotent linear dynamical systems, where by linear dynamical system we mean a continuous action of the additive group of real numbers by linear maps on a…

We initiate an investigation into the local structure of simple nonnuclear C$^*$-crossed products by showing that stable rank one is generic within two natural classes of minimal actions of free groups on the Cantor set. The arguments also…

We introduce the trivial intersection property for concrete operator spaces and we show that a unital space with this property has no nontrivial boundary ideals. We provide various examples of such spaces, among which are strongly reflexive…