An Introduction to C*-Algebras and the Classification Program

Karen R. Strung is a researcher in the Department of Abstract Analysis at the Institute of Mathematics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, in Prague, Czechia. I study the classification and structure of C*-algebras and their connections to dynamical systems.

Banach algebras and spectral theory.- The Gelfand representation.- C*-algebra basics.- Positive elements.- Positive linear functionals and representations.- Weak and strong operator topologies and von Neumann algebras.- Tensor products for C*-algebras.- Completely positive maps.- Inductive limits and approximately finite (AF) C*-algebras.- Group C*-algebras and crossed products.- Cuntz algebras.- Quasidiagonal C*-algebras.- K-theory for unital C*-algebras.- Classification of AF-algebras.- Nuclear dimension.- Strongly self-absorbing algebras.- The Jiang-Su algebra.- Strict comparison and the Cuntz semigroup.- The Classification Theorem and the Toms-Winter Theorem.

"The book is extremely readable. ... The book is also self-contained, and cross-references to results and definitions in the text are clear and precise. ... this book is a very welcome contribution to the literature. ... On the whole, the book is well written and engaging." (Elizabeth Anne Gillaspy, Mathematical Reviews, March, 2023)

"The book under review provides an overview of this classification theorem, together with a thorough introduction to the general theory of C*-algebras." (Zhuang Niu, zbMATH 1479.46003, 2022)