Email:
sven.raum@uni-potsdam.de
ORCID:
0000-0002-9188-9890
ResearcherID:
K-6725-2017
I am Sven Raum, chair of algebra at the University of Potsdam in Germany. My research focuses on operator algebras and their interaction with groups and group-like structures, such as Hecke algebras, groupoids, quantum groups and tensor categories. Important links between operator algebras and these objects are given by unitary representations and the algebras they generate, for example reduced group C*-algebras and group von Neumann algebras.
Currently, the group consists of my PhD student Garbriel Favre and postdoc Sanaz Pooya.
I am member of the MATH+ Faculty.
Besides research mathematics, I enjoy thinking about didactics of higher education. In my free time, I like learning languages, doing sports and cooking.
The Rosenberg Conjecture states that for a given Banach Algebra A, the comparison map between algebraic and topological K-theory becomes an isomorphism on finite coefficients. The new framework of condensed mathematics developed by Scholze et.al. allows one to frame this question in a different way. Condensed sets are a replacement for topological spaces that work well in their interplay with algebraic constructions. In particular, if we view our Banach algebra A as a condensed ring, we can equip the algebraic K-theory groups of A with the structure of condensed abelian groups. There exists a natural notion of completion for condensed abelian groups called solidification. The map from the K-theory of A into its solidification recovers the comparion map from algebraic to topological K-theory, allowing one to phrase the Rosenberg conjecture as a topological statement about the condensed structure of the K-theory of A.
Results from a few years ago of Kennedy and Schafhauser characterize simplicity of reduced crossed products AxG, where A is a unital C*-algebra and G is a discrete group, under an assumption which they call vanishing obstruction. However, this is a strong condition that often fails, even in cases of A being finite-dimensional and G being finite.
In joint work with Shirly Geffen, we find the correct two-way characterization of when the crossed product is simple, in the case of G being an FC-hypercentral group. This is a large class of amenable groups that, in the finitely-generated setting, is known to coincide with the set of groups which have polynomial growth. With some additional effort, we can characterize the intersection property for AxG in the non-minimal setting, for the slightly less general class of FC-groups. Finally, for minimal actions of arbitrary discrete groups on unital C*-algebras, we are able to generalize a result by Hamana for finite groups, and characterize when the crossed product AxG is prime.
All of our characterizations are initially given in terms of the dynamics of G on I(A), the injective envelope of A. This gives the most elegant characterization from a theory perspective, but I(A) is in general a very mysterious object that is hard to explicitly describe. If A is separable, our characterizations are shown to be equivalent to an intrinsic condition on the dynamics of G on A itself.
The HRT conjecture states that any finite set of time-frequency shifts of a nonzero, square-integrable function is linearly independent. While the conjecture is still open, it was settled by Linnell in the case where the time-frequency shifts belong to a discrete subgroup of R^d. In this talk I will present an elementary proof of Linnell's theorem which also extends to other settings, in particular to any coherent system arising from a projective discrete series of a simply connected, nilpotent Lie group.
The talk is based on recent joint work with Jordy Timo van Velthoven.
I will discuss some recents applications and developments surrounding the Ornstein-Weiss Rokhlin lemma involving quantitative versions of orbit equivalence and questions of tileability in topological dynamics.
In the present talk I will briefly review certain aspects of the dichotomy amenable/paradoxical in the category of metric spaces and inverse semigroups. Then I will address the question of defining a reasonable metric structure on a discrete inverse semigroup and study the properties of its uniform Roe algebra like Foelner type conditions, nuclearity or exactness.
[1] F. Lledó and D. Martínez, The uniform Roe algebra of an inverse semigroup, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 499 (2021) 124996. [2] P. Ara, F. Lledó and D. Martínez, Amenability and paradoxicality in semigroups and C*-algebras, Journal of Functional Analysis 279 (2020) 10853.An exotic group C*-algebra of a group G is a C*-algebra that lies naturally in between the reduced and the universal group C*-algebra of G. The existence of an exotic C*-algebra can be viewed in some sense as a refinement of the non-amenability of G. We will discuss several approaches to construct such algebras and then will describe the explicit construction of a family of exotic group C*-algebras coming from the family of piecewise-projective groups. This is a joint work with Nicolas Monod.
Coarse groups are spaces equipped with operations that satisfy the group axioms up to uniformly bounded error. The study of coarse groups, actions and homomorphisms was only very recently initiated and leads to a number of questions and research directions. This talk is an introduction to the subject (joint work with Arielle Leitner).
The virtually abelian locally compact groups were characterized in representation theoretic terms by C. Moore in the 70s as those groups for which there is a uniform bound on the degree of their irreducible representations. For compact groups, this, in turn, provides a uniform bound on the norm of a certain family of projections appearing in their Lp-representation theory. We shall discuss to what extent this characterizes the virtually abelian groups among the compacts.
Divisibility properties for Cuntz semigroups play an important role in the study of both simple and non-simple C*-algebras. The prime example of this is the remaining open implication of the Toms-Winter conjecture which, under the assumption of locally finite nuclear dimension, boils down to studying if strict comparison implies almost divisibility. In this talk I will recall what these divisibility properties are, focusing specifically on those introduced by Robert and Rørdam. I will discuss how these notions give rise to natural classes of C*-algebras, and explain their connection to non-simple analogues of the Toms-Winter conjecture. I will also talk about the Global Glimm Problem, which predicts that two of these properties are equivalent. The talk is based on joint work with Hannes Thiel.
During the Corona pandemic, the Wednesday Zoom Seminar combined speakers in algebraic geometry, group theory and operator algebras.
All abstracts can be found in the SMC calender: Link.
Due to the Corona pandemic, our seminar on Harmonic Analysis, Operator Algebras and Representation Theory (pronounced "Howard") is was suspended and eventually discontinued.
All abstracts can be found in the SMC calender: Link.
Free actions of polynomial growth Lie groups and classifiable C*-algebras
with Ulrik Enstad and Gabriel Favre
ArXiv (2023)
Detecting ideals in reduced crossed product C*-algebras of topological dynamical systems
with Are Austad
ArXiv (2023)
A dynamical approach to non-uniform density theorems for coherent systems
with Ulrik Enstad
ArXiv (2022)
The ideal intersection property for essential groupoid C*-algebras
with Matthew Kennedy, Se-Jin Kim, Xin Li and Dan Ursu
ArXiv (2021)
On the centre of Iwahori-Hecke algebras
with Timothée Marquis
J. Algebra (2023)
and the
ArXiv version
Factorial multiparameter Hecke von Neumann algebras and representations of groups acting on right-angled buildings
with Adam Skalski
J. Math. Pure Appl. 177 (2023), 265-298
and the
ArXiv version
K-theory of right-angled Hecke C*-algebras
with Adam Skalski
Adv. Math. 407 (2022) Article No. 108559
and the
ArXiv version
Amenability, proximality and higher order syndeticity
with Matthew Kennedy and Guy Salomon
Forum of Mathematics, Sigma 10 (2022) e22, 1-28
and the
ArXiv version
An algebraic characterization of ample type I groupoids
with Gabriel Favre
Semigroup Forum 104 (2022), 58-71
and the
ArXiv version
Measure equivalence for non-unimodular groups
with Juhani Koivisto and David Kyed
Transform. Groups 26 (2021), 327-346
and the
ArXiv version
Cartan subalgebras in dimension drop algebras
with Selçuk Barlak
J. Inst. Math. Jussieu 20 (2021) No. 3, 725-755.
and the
ArXiv version
Measure equivalence and coarse equivalence for locally compact amenable groups
with Juhani Koivisto and David Kyed
Group, Geom. and Dyn. 15 (2021) No. 1, 223-267
and the
ArXiv version
C*-simplicity (after Breuillard, Haagerup, Kalantar, Kennedy and Ozawa)
Sven Raum
Séminaire Bourbaki, exposé 1158, Astérisque 422 (2020)
and the
Preprint version
Locally compact groups acting on trees, the type I conjecture and non-amenable von Neumann algebras
with Cyril Houdayer
Comm. Math. Helv. 76 (2019) No. 1, 185-219
and the
ArXiv version
C*-simplicity of locally compact Powers groups
J. Reine Angew. Math. 748 (2019) 173-205
and the
ArXiv version
Erratum to this article
C*-superrigidity of 2-step nilpotent groups
with Caleb Eckhardt
Adv. Math. 338 (2018), 175-195 and the ArXiv version
Higher l2-Betti numbers of universal quantum groups
Julien Bichon and David Kyed
Can. Math. Bull. 61 (2018), No. 2, 225-235 and the ArXiv version
Traces on reduced group C*-algebras
with Matthew Kennedy
Bull. Lond. Math. Soc. 49 (2017) No. 6, 988-990 and the ArXiv version
L2-Betti numbers of rigid C*-tensor categories and discrete quantum groups
with David Kyed, Stefaan Vaes and Matthias Valvekens
Analysis & PDE 10 (2017), No. 7, 1757-1791 and the ArXiv version
On the l2-Betti numbers of universal quantum groups
with David Kyed
Math. Ann. 369 (2017), No. 3-4, 957–975 and the
ArXiv version
Cocompact amenable closed subgroups: weakly inequivalent representations in the left-regular representation
Int. Math. Res. Not., (2016), No. 24, 7671-7685 and the ArXiv version
The full classification of orthogonal easy quantum groups
with Moritz Weber
Commun. Math. Phy. 341 (2016) No. 3, 751-779 and the
ArXiv
Easy quantum groups and quantum subgroups of a semi-direct product quantum group
with Moritz Weber
J. Noncommu. Geo. 9 (2015) No. 4, 1261-1293 and the ArXiv version
Asymptotic structure of free Araki-Woods factors
with Cyril Houdayer
Math. Ann. 363 (2015) No. 1-2, 237-267 and the ArXiv version
Baumslag-Solitar groups, relative profinite completions and measure equivalence rigidity
with Cyril Houdayer
J. Topol. 8 (2015), 295-313 and the ArXiv
The combinatorics of an algebraic class of easy quantum groups
with Moritz Weber
Infin. Dimens. Anal. Quantum Probab. Relat. Top. 17, No. 3 (2014) and the ArXiv version
Amalgamated free product type III factors with at most one Cartan subalgebra
with Rémi Boutonnet and Cyril Houdayer
Compositio Math. 150 (2014), 143-174 and the ArXiv version
On the classification of free Bogoljubov crossed product von Neumann algebras by the integers
Groups, Geom. and Dyn. 8 (2014) No. 4, 1207-1245 and the ArXiv version
Tensor C*-categories arising as bimodule categories of II1 factors
with Sébastien Falguières
Adv. Math. 237 (2013), 331-359 and the ArXiv version
Stable orbit equivalence of Bernoulli actions of free groups and isomorphism of some of their factor actions
with Niels Meesschaert and Stefaan Vaes
Expo. Math. 31 (2013), 274-294 and the ArXiv version
Isomorphisms and fusion rules of orthogonal free quantum groups and their complexifications
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 140 (2012), No. 9, 3207-3218 and the ArXiv version
Lecture notes about Creutz-Peterson's "Character rigidity for lattices and commensureators"
Written for the Arbeitsgemeinschaft "Superrigidity" at MFO, 2014
Lecture C3 and Lecture C4
A connection between easy quantum groups, varieties of groups and reflection groups
with Moritz Weber
This is an arXiv preprint from 2012 which is not intended for publication. Please cite instead the appropriate article among my remaining work with Moritz.
Categories of representations and classification of von Neumann algebras and quantum groups
My PhD thesis under the supervision of Stefaan Vaes submitted in 2013 at KU Leuven.
May 2023 |
School and workshop on Noncommutative Geometry and Operator algebras Organised at the Hausdorff Centre for Mathematics in Bonn |
March 2023 |
Mini-workshop on operator algebras and noncommutative geometry Meeting of Swedish operator algebraists and noncommutative geometers at Stockholm University |
November 2022 |
Mini-workshop on operator algebras and noncommutative geometry Meeting of Swedish operator algebraists and noncommutative geometers at Chalmers/University of Gothenburg |
August 2022 |
Operator algebras and noncommutative geometry Parallel session at the Nordic Congress of Mathematics |
May 2022 |
C*-algebras and geometry of groups and semigroups Workshop at the University of Oslo |
March 2022 |
Noncommutativity in the north Workshop at Chalmers/University of Gothenburg |
January 2022 |
Mini-workshop on operator algebras and noncommutative geometry Meeting of Swedish operator algebraists and noncommutative geometers at Chalmers/University of Gothenburg |
March 2021 |
C*-algebras and geometry of groups and semigroups Online workshop |
May 2017 |
Approximate lattices Two-day reading group joint between EPFL and the University of Neuchâtel |
July 2016 |
Young Mathematicians in C*-Algebras Co-organiser responsible for funding, scientific organisation and social events |
2023 Summer |
Geometric group theory Lie Algebras (seminar) Algebra and number theory |
2022 Autumn | Expander graphs |
2022 Spring | Linear algebra |
2021 Autumn | Linear algebra |
2021 Spring |
Geometric group theory Complex analysis |
2020 Spring |
Introduction to operator algebras Foundations of analysis |
2019 Autumn | Combinatorics |
2019 Spring |
Foundations of analysis Ordinary differential equations |
2018 Spring |
Lie groups Homology and cohomology |
2017 Autumn | Linear algebra for engineers |
2017 Spring | Abstract harmonic analysis |
2016 Autumn | Linear algebra for engineers |
2016 Summer | Abstract harmonic analysis |
2015 Winter | Von Neumann algebras and measured group theory |
Since 2019 | Gabriel Favre |
2022 | C*-simplicity of discrete groups and étale groupoids |
2022 | Group C*-algebras of Heisenberg groups and C*-rigidity |
2017/18 | On groups of type I |
2016/17 | C*-simplicity and factorial group von Neumann algebras |
2011/12 | Equivalence relations with prescribed fundamental group (co-supervision) |
2010/11 | Orbit equivalence of Bernoulli actions over free groups (co-supervision) |
2009/10 | There is no universal II1 factor (co-supervision) |
2021/22 |
Number systems beyond the reals (teacher student) The search for orthogonal Latin squares (teacher student) Measure-theoretic Probability |
2020/21 |
Decomposition theory for zero-sum games (math-economy student) Mathematical billards (teacher student) The logic behind Kőnig's lemma Quivers, path algebras and Gabriel's theorem Which schools would take me? Truth-telling in school choice with admission probability uncertainty |
2019/20 |
Quantum computing: From Shor’s algorithm to the hidden subgroup problem The travelling salesman in Sweden (teacher student) Classical finite simple groups The spectral theorem for normal operators |
2018/19 | Wallpaper groups (teacher student) |
2017/18 | K-theory and Bott periodicity |
2016/17 | Classification of closed surfaces |
Born on 9th April 1985 in Kassel, Germany.
Since Apr 2023 | W2-Professor at the University of Potsdam, Germany |
Sep 2018 - Mar 2023 | Associate Professor at Stockholm University, Sweden |
Jun - Jul 2021 | Visiting Professor at IM PAN, Poland |
Sep - Dec 2020 | Visiting Professor at IM PAN, Poland |
2016 - 2018 | Lecturer at EPFL, Switzerland |
2015 - 2016 | Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at the University of Münster, Germany |
2014 - 2015 | Marie Curie International Outgoing Fellow at RIMS, Kyoto, Japan |
2013 - 2014 | Post doctoral scholar at ENS Lyon, France |
2009 - 2013 | PhD scholar at KU Leuven, Belgium |
2007 - 2009 | Student teaching assistant at the University of Münster |
Oct 2019 | Docent in Mathematics at Stockholm University, Sweden |
Sep 2009 - Jun 2013 | PhD in Mathematics at KU Leuven, Belgium |
Oct 2005 - May 2009 | Diplom Mathematik at the University of Münster, Germany |
German | Mother tongue |
English | Fluent |
French | Fluent (B2) |
Dutch | Fluent (C1) |
Swedish | Fluent |
Persian | Basic knowledge |
Japanese | Baisc knowledge (JLPT N5) |