Seminario Teoría de Grupos ICMAT-UAM 
 
 Jueves 7/3/2019, 11:30, Aula 520, UAM 
 
 Speaker: Javier Parcet (ICMAT-CSIC) 
 
 Title: Multipliers in $SL_n(mathbf{R})$ 
 
 Abstract: Connes rigidity conjecture for factors of P SLn(Z) provides a strong motivation 
 to study invariants on this class of von Neumann algebras. Lafforgue/de la Salle 
 rigidity theorem opens a door to harmonic analysis in this direction. In this talk, we 
 shall present the first sufficient conditions for Lp-boundedness of Fourier multipliers 
 in the group algebra of SLn(R) —in the spirit of H ̈ormander-Mikhlin criterium for 
 Euclidean multipliers— and a major strengthening of Lafforgue/de la Salle rigidity 
 theorem. Emphasis will be put on the geometric group theory aspects of both of 
 these results. Joint work with Eric Ricard and Mikael de la Salle.