Titles and Abstracts

A conference in honour of Professor Adam Korányi

Wednesday, 13 July, 2022

Speaker: Jacques Faraut, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche
Title: Adam Koranyi, Mathematician
Time: 19:00 – 19:50

Abstract: I intend to comment on some of the mathematical achievements of Adam Koranyi.

Speaker: Harald Upmeier, University of Marburg, Germany
Title: The Impact of Adam Korányi’s Work on Jordan Theory
Time: 19:55 – 20:45

Abstract: We highlight some major contributions of Adam Korányi related to Jordan algebras and Jordan triples. (1) Cayley transforms and Siegel domain realizations (with J. Wolf) (2) Poisson kernel and Szego kernel of symmetric domains (3) The Faraut-Korányi binomial formula and its consequences (4) Hua operators and harmonic functions (with K. Johnson) (5) Toeplitz operators on the Lie sphere (with C. Berger and L. Coburn)

Speaker: E. K. Narayanan, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Title: Koranyi and the classification of homogenous operators in the Cowen-Douglas class on the unit disc
Time: 20:50 – 21:40

Abstract:We shall describe the Koranyi-Misra classification of homogenous operators in the Cowen-Douglas class on the unit disc.