Harmonic analysis of differential operators in Banach spaces. This proposal aims to develop harmonic analysis (the mathematical tools used in digital music and photography) in new contexts. It focuses on boundary value problems (the theory behind medical or geological imaging) and stochastic equations (which describe phenomena with random components such as the behaviour of financial markets).
Schur decompositions and related problems in operator theory. This project aims to solve some famous problems concerning eigenvalue decompositions in operator theory through new collaborations and by connecting new areas of mathematics. Eigenvalue decomposition is a central concept in mathematics with many applications in science and engineering. One hundred years since its development, however, it is still not known how to decompose certain important operators that arise in analysis and geometr ....Schur decompositions and related problems in operator theory. This project aims to solve some famous problems concerning eigenvalue decompositions in operator theory through new collaborations and by connecting new areas of mathematics. Eigenvalue decomposition is a central concept in mathematics with many applications in science and engineering. One hundred years since its development, however, it is still not known how to decompose certain important operators that arise in analysis and geometry. The project is expected to provide new technology to achieve this, promising new understanding and new applications.Read moreRead less
Australian Laureate Fellowships - Grant ID: FL170100052
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$2,107,500.00
Summary
Breakthrough methods for noncommutative calculus. This project aims to solve hard, outstanding problems which have impeded our ability to progress in the area of quantum or noncommutative calculus. Calculus has provided an invaluable tool to science, enabling scientific and technological revolutions throughout the past two centuries. The project will initiate a program of collaboration among top mathematical researchers from around the world and bring together two separate mathematical areas int ....Breakthrough methods for noncommutative calculus. This project aims to solve hard, outstanding problems which have impeded our ability to progress in the area of quantum or noncommutative calculus. Calculus has provided an invaluable tool to science, enabling scientific and technological revolutions throughout the past two centuries. The project will initiate a program of collaboration among top mathematical researchers from around the world and bring together two separate mathematical areas into a powerful new set of tools. The outcomes from the project will impact research at the forefront of mathematical physics and other sciences and enhance Australia’s reputation and standing.Read moreRead less
Group actions in random dynamical systems. Dynamical systems allow us to model the changes in a system, be it a population, a chemical reaction, a traffic model or a computer network, as time elapses. The systematic study of these systems is expected to lead to new applications in the future.
Harmonic analysis in rough contexts. Harmonic analysis is a set of mathematical techniques aimed at decomposing complex signals into simple pieces in a way that is reminiscent of the decomposition of sounds into harmonics. It is highly efficient in analysing signals in homogeneous media such as wave propagation through the air that underpins wireless communication technology. However, wave propagation through inhomogeneous media, such as the human body in medical imaging or the Earth in geophysi ....Harmonic analysis in rough contexts. Harmonic analysis is a set of mathematical techniques aimed at decomposing complex signals into simple pieces in a way that is reminiscent of the decomposition of sounds into harmonics. It is highly efficient in analysing signals in homogeneous media such as wave propagation through the air that underpins wireless communication technology. However, wave propagation through inhomogeneous media, such as the human body in medical imaging or the Earth in geophysical imaging, is much harder to model. Phenomena with random components, as considered in finance for instance, are also problematic. This project is an important part of an intense international research effort to develop harmonic analysis in such rough contexts.Read moreRead less
Harmonic analysis of rough oscillations. This project intends to explore new perspectives in harmonic analysis. Harmonic analysis is a set of mathematical techniques used in many branches of science and engineering to analyse complex signals (functions). It is highly effective in modelling phenomena such as the propagation of electromagnetic waves, but it is currently limited to propagation occurring in a simple-enough medium. An intense international research effort in harmonic analysis is curr ....Harmonic analysis of rough oscillations. This project intends to explore new perspectives in harmonic analysis. Harmonic analysis is a set of mathematical techniques used in many branches of science and engineering to analyse complex signals (functions). It is highly effective in modelling phenomena such as the propagation of electromagnetic waves, but it is currently limited to propagation occurring in a simple-enough medium. An intense international research effort in harmonic analysis is currently under way to lift this limitation. This project is part of that effort, and aims to unite two of its fundamental directions of development: one focusing on the roughness of the medium; and one focusing on the interaction between highly oscillatory aspects of the function and the geometry of the medium.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100525
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$392,053.00
Summary
Index Theory for Spaces with Symmetries. This project aims to study spaces with symmetries, which are important geometric models in topology and representation theory. The project plans to conduct research into geometric approaches to the representation theory of groups using KK theory and index theory from the perspective of operator algebra. The expected outcomes of this project are constructions of new topological invariants and their geometric formulas for spaces with symmetries and applicat ....Index Theory for Spaces with Symmetries. This project aims to study spaces with symmetries, which are important geometric models in topology and representation theory. The project plans to conduct research into geometric approaches to the representation theory of groups using KK theory and index theory from the perspective of operator algebra. The expected outcomes of this project are constructions of new topological invariants and their geometric formulas for spaces with symmetries and applications in representation theory.Read moreRead less
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100901
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
Deformation quantisation and index theory for semi-simple groups. Deformation quantisation is a mathematical technique for describing the counter-intuitive geometry of quantum physics as a small variation of classical geometry as Newton would have known it. This project will apply the same techniques to solve fundamental mathematical problems in the study of symmetries.
Equilibrium states and fine structure for operator algebras. This project is in pure mathematics, in the broad area of functional analysis, and focuses specifically on operator algebras. Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) states on operator algebras encode equilibria of C*-algebraic dynamical systems. This project aims to take a novel view of KMS data as a repository of fine operator-algebraic structure. It aims to develop a theory whereby KMS states recover structural details like primitive-ideal stru ....Equilibrium states and fine structure for operator algebras. This project is in pure mathematics, in the broad area of functional analysis, and focuses specifically on operator algebras. Kubo-Martin-Schwinger (KMS) states on operator algebras encode equilibria of C*-algebraic dynamical systems. This project aims to take a novel view of KMS data as a repository of fine operator-algebraic structure. It aims to develop a theory whereby KMS states recover structural details like primitive-ideal structure and simplicity. The project is expected to determine to what extent the KMS simplex of combinatorial operator algebra remembers underlying combinatorial data. It also aims to explore KMS states on combinatorial operator algebras as a new point of interaction between the two main branches of modern operator-algebra theory.Read moreRead less
Higher dimensional methods for algebras and dynamical systems. Australian researchers have pioneered recent research in combinatorial C*-algebras. We are now uniquely placed to capitalise on this situation to make significant connections with research in dynamical systems. This project will thus position Australian mathematics at the nexus of two important research areas.