Biunimodular functions

• Yves Benoist (Université Paris-Saclay)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite A biunimodular function on a cyclic group of prime order is a function with constant modulus whose Fourier transform also has constant modulus. For instance gaussian functions are biunimodular. According to a theorem of Haagerup there are only finitely many biunimodular functions up to scalar. In this talk we will construct new biunimodular functions for all prime $p>5$. The proof relies on symplectic geometry.

Strong convergence of unitary representations

• Mikael de la Salle (CNRS, Institut Camille Jordan)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Tempered representations of a group are the unitary representations that are weakly contained in the regular representation. The standard way to say that a representation is close to being tempered is probably to use Fell's topology which involves convergence of matrix coefficients. I will discuss another (in general much stronger) notion of closeness, that originates from random matrix theory and the work of Haagerup and Thorbjornsen where is it called strong convergence, and which involves convergence of operator norms. I will present examples, counterexamples, applications, and many questions. Based on joint works with Michael Magee from Durham.

The $L^p$-dual space of a semisimple Lie group

• Bachir Bekka (Université de Rennes)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Given a group $G$ and a real number $p$, it is natural to study representations of G by linear isometries on $L^p$-spaces. Of course, the case where $p$ is equal to 2 corresponds to the familiar and much studied case of unitary representations of $G$. For a semisimple Lie group $G$, we will give a complete classification of all its irreducible $L^p$-representations, for $p\neq2$.

A higher index for finite-volume locally symmetric spaces

• Peter Hochs (Radboud University)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Let $G$ be a connected real semisimple Lie group, and $K<G$ maximal compact. For a discrete subgroup $\Gamma < G$, we have the locally symmetric space $X = \Gamma \backslash G/K$. If $X$ is smooth and compact, then Atiyah-Singer index theory is a source of useful and computable invariants of $X$. One then also has the higher index, with values in the $K$-theory of the $C^*$-algebra of $\Gamma$. In many relevant cases $X$ is noncompact, but still has finite volume. Then Moscovici showed in the 1980s that a relevant index of Dirac operators on $X$ can still be defined. Barbasch and Moscovici computed this index in terms of group- and representation-theoretic information in the case of real rank 1 groups. (Stern generalised this to groups of higher real rank.) With Hao Guo and Hang Wang, we construct a $K$-theoretic index, from which Moscovici’s index, and the individual terms in Barbasch and Moscovici’s index theorem, can be extracted and computed.

Functoriality via Dirac cohomology

• Jing-Song Huang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Dirac cohomology of a discrete series representation is similar to the highest weight vectors of a highest weight module. We discuss how to formulate the character lifting of discrete series by employing Dirac cohomology. This lifting is closely related to the Langlands functoriality and the Howe dual pair correspondence.

On the crystallisation of semisimple Lie groups

• Robert Yuncken (Université de Lorraine)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite In 1990, Kashiwara and Lusztig independently discovered the theory of crystal bases for complex semisimple Lie algebras. This theory says that if we deform the universal enveloping algebra by the Drinfled-Jimbo quantisation procedure, and let the quantisation parameter go to infinity, then the structure theory of the finite-dimensional representations becomes extremely simple. This allows an easy understanding of basic problems like tensor decompositions and branching rules. In this talk, I will explain a dual phenomenon, namely the crystallisation of the algebra of functions on a compact Lie group. By the quantum duality principle, this has implications for unitary representations of complex semisimple Lie groups. If time permits, we will discuss the case of $\operatorname{SL}(2,\mathbb{C})$. (Joint work with Marco Matassa.)

Conformal geometry and group actions in unbounded KK-theory

• Ada Masters (University of Wollongong)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite I will outline a puzzle relating to group actions in noncommutative geometry and its resolution by way of conformal geometry. I will discuss the discrepancy between Kasparov's bounded picture of KK-theory and the unbounded picture of KK-theory, including the spectral triples so important to noncommutative geometry, particularly with respect to group equivariance. The discrepancy occurs already when considering group actions on the 'patient zero' of noncommutative geometry, the Dirac spectral triple of a Riemannian manifold. In the bounded picture, conformal group actions are allowed but, in the unbounded picture, only isometries are naturally permitted. This extra freedom in the bounded picture is quite consequential; for instance for Kasparov's construction of the $\gamma$-element for the Lorentz groups. I will discuss a general framework solving this problem, making use of a new multiplicative perturbation theory for abstract differential operators. I will also briefly explain how the same technology can be used to analyse the $\mathrm{SL}_q(2)$-equivariance of the Podle\'s quantum sphere and to give new meaning to examples of twisted spectral triples in the literature. This is joint work with Adam Rennie and appears in a recent preprint.

The large time behavior of the heat kernel on homogenous spaces and Bismut's formula

• Xiang Tang (Washington University in St. Louis)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Let $G$ be a connected linear real reductive group with a maximal compact subgroup $K$. In this talk, we will explain an approach to study the large-time behavior of the heat kernel on the corresponding homogeneous space $G/K$ using Bismut’s formula. We will discuss how Bismut’s formula provides a natural link between the index theory and Vogan's minimal $K$-type theory. In particular, we will show that Vogan's $\lambda$-map plays a central role in the large time asymptotics analysis about the trace of the heat kernel. This talk is based on joint works with Shu Shen and Yanli Song.

Paley-Wiener for the Casselman--Wallach algebra and the Oka principle

• Jacob Bradd (Pennsylvania State University)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite I will talk about how Delorme's techniques used in his proof of the Paley-Wiener theorem can be applied to the Casselman-Wallach Schwartz algebra of rapidly decreasing smooth functions on a real reductive group, and how they can be used to give a sort of structure theorem strong enough to prove a refined version of the Connes-Kasparov isomorphism. If there's time, I will discuss how the Connes-Kasparov isomorphism (in the formulation I use) fits into an "Oka principle" philosophy for Baum-Connes (which started with Bost), and I will discuss further ideas in this direction.

K-Theory and Langlands duality

• Roger Plymen

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Let $G$ be a compact connected semisimple Lie group. We will describe the Langlands dual group~$G^\vee$. We now have two extended affine Weyl groups, one for $G$ and one for $G^\vee$. We will compare the C*-algebras of these two discrete groups, and show that they have the same K-theory. In this sense, Langlands duality is an invariant of K-theory. With the aid of the equivariant Chern character of Baum-Connes, we will compute this K-theory for $\mathrm{SU}(n)$ and the exceptional Lie group $E_6$. As an application, we will compute the K-theory of the Iwahori-spherical C*-algebra of the $p$-adic version of $E_6$. The spectrum of this C*-algebra comprises irreducible tempered representations of $E_6$ which admit a nonzero Iwahori-fixed vector. From the point of view of noncommutative geometry, we are computing the K-theory of this spectrum.

The noncommutative geometry of the Schwartz algebra of a reductive $p$-adic group

• Maarten Solleveld (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite

Tempered representations with unipotent parahoric restriction: a noncommutative geometry viewpoint

• Anne-Marie Aubert (IMJ-PRG CNRS)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite The category of smooth representations of a $p$-adic group $G$ admits a decomposition into Bernstein blocks. With Paul Baum, Roger Plymen and Maarten Solleveld, we have formulated a conjecture which relates these blocks to (possibly twisted) extended quotients of complex algebraic varieties by finite groups. In this talk, I will first introduce $p$-adic groups and some of their representations. Next, I will describe the conjecture in the case of tempered representations with unipotent parahoric restriction, focusing on its links with the generalized Springer correspondence for complex disconnected groups and its K-theoretical aspects. As an application, I will show how it can be used to describe the theta correspondence.

La notion d'espace géométrique (exposé grand public)

• Alain Connes (IHES)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite This talk, aimed for a broad audience, will be delivered in French.

Mackey embedding for reduced group C*-algebras

• Angel Roman (Washington University in St Louis)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite Recently, Nigel Higson and Alexandre Afgoustidis made precise an analogy proposed by George Mackey between some unitary representations of a semisimple Lie group and unitary representations of its associated semidirect product group. In this talk, I will show a construction of an embedding of the reduced group C*-algebra of the Cartan motion group into the reduced group C*-algebra of the reductive group. This can then be used to characterize the Mackey bijection. We shall discuss the case of the complex reductive group before proceeding to discuss the difficulty behind the construction for a real reductive group.

Schur multipliers, spectral radius and Baum-Connes conjecture

• Vincent Lafforgue (CNRS et Universite Paris Cite)

Room: Amphithéâtre Hermite