Overview
Based on presentations given at the NordForsk Network Closing Conference "Operator Algebra and Dynamics," held in Gjaargar�ur,\xa0Faroe Islands, in May 2012, this book features high quality research contributions and review articles by researchers associated with the NordForsk network and leading experts that explore the fundamental role of operator\xa0algebras and dynamical systems in mathematics with possible applications to physics, engineering and computer science.\xa0It covers the following topics:\xa0von Neumann algebras arising from discrete measured groupoids, purely infinite Cuntz-Krieger algebras, filtered\xa0K-theory over finite topological spaces,\xa0C*-algebras associated to shift spaces (or subshifts),\xa0graph\xa0C*-algebras, irrational extended rotation\xa0algebras that are shown to be\xa0C*-alloys, free probability, renewal systems, the Grothendieck Theorem for jointly completely\xa0bounded bilinear forms on\xa0C*-algebras, Cuntz-Li algebras\xa0associated\xa0with the\xa0a-adic numbers, crossed products of injective endomorphisms (the so-called Stacey crossed\xa0products), the interplay between dynamical systems, operator algebras and wavelets on fractals,\xa0C*-completions of the Hecke algebra of a Hecke pair,\xa0semiprojective\xa0C*-algebras, and the topological\xa0dimension of type I\xa0C*-algebras.\xa0Operator Algebra and Dynamics\xa0will serve as a useful resource for a\xa0 broad spectrum of researchers and\xa0 students in mathematics, physics, and engineering.