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22nd Conference in Operator Theory
July 3-8, 2008
West University
Timisoara, Romania

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Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy and West University in Timisoara

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Schubert calculus for the practical man
by
Hari Bercovici
Indiana University
Coauthors: D. Collins, K. Dykema, W.S. Li, D. Timotin

Collins and Dykema have shown that the Connes embedding problem (of embedding an arbitrary finite factor in the ultropower of the hyperfinite one) can be linearized, and therefore reduced it to a sequence of eigenvalue problems. We will show how to solve the first of these problems. The solution involves a practical solution to generic Schubert intersection problems. This solution is new even in finite dimensions.

Date received: June 11, 2008

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