The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $343,286 Project Grant under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program to the University of Oregon. The three-year grant, starting on August 1, 2024, supports research on C*-algebras and dynamics beyond the Elliott classification program. The key objectives are to investigate when simple C*-algebras, a type of mathematical object with applications in quantum mechanics, are isomorphic to their opposite algebras. The project aims...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $268,071 Project Grant to North Carolina State University (NC State) under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to conduct research on categorical symmetries of operator algebras. The project aims to provide a classification of approximately finite-dimensional actions of amenable tensor categories on approximately finite-dimensional C*-algebras, and to generalize a previously developed categorical invariant for group actions...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $361,459 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences program (CFDA 47.049) to expand the scope of rigidity in von Neumann algebras and uncover new applications to group theory, ergodic theory, and C*-algebras from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025. Specifically, the award will support research investigating rigidity properties for group von Neumann algebras and related topics, such as Hilbert-Schmidt...
This federal Project Grant award, funded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Division of Mathematical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences Federal Grant Program (CFDA 47.049), seeks to advance the understanding of semigroups within the framework of operator algebras, an important area of mathematical analysis. The $254,546 award, effective from September 1, 2024 to August 31, 2027, will support research to develop new theories and methods for studying semigroups and their...
This National Science Foundation Project Grant award of $282,638 provides funding from June 1, 2022 to May 31, 2025 to support research in commutative and homological algebra at the University of Nebraska. Specifically, the award will further investigations into open conjectures regarding the possible values of Euler characteristics of certain complex structures and lengths of modules of finite projective dimension. The research project involves four main topics: establishing bounds on module...
The National Science Foundation Division of Mathematical Sciences awarded The University of Iowa a three-year Project Grant totaling $246,264 under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences federal grant program (CFDA 47.049). The grant will support research classifying von Neumann algebras through the lens of rigidity, a condition where the entire structure of a mathematical object can be determined from limited prior information. Specifically, the principal investigator will pursue new ideas at...
This $118,647 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Division of Mathematical Sciences (CFDA 47.049, Mathematical and Physical Sciences) supports fundamental research in descriptive set theory and its connections to other mathematical fields, including computability, operator algebras, topological dynamics, and ergodic theory. The award will fund research on questions related to amenability and hyperfiniteness, as well as investigations into classical geometrical paradoxes...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program grant in the amount of $291,569 awarded to Vanderbilt University will fund research exploring approximation properties in von Neumann algebras and C*-algebras, particularly relating to group von Neumann algebras and group measure space constructions. The project aims to develop new connections between these areas, allowing C*-algebraic tools to be applied to the study of von Neumann algebras and...
This Project Grant award of $317,407 from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Mathematical and Physical Sciences (CFDA 47.049) program will support research at the University of Nebraska on the topology of 3- and 4-dimensional manifolds. The project aims to uncover deep connections between manifold theory in these dimensions, with potential applications in fields such as biology, chemistry, physics, and quantum computing. Specific objectives include proving additional cases of the Smooth...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a 3-year, $155,000 Project Grant under the Integrative Activities (CFDA 47.083) program to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, doing business as the University of Nebraska, for research in commutative algebra and algebraic geometry. The project focuses on three areas: symbolic powers of ideals and higher-order polynomial interpolation, homological properties of symmetric ideals, and the algebraic Lefschetz property. The research...