Browsing Workshops 2011 by Issue Date

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    • 1150 - Stratified Spaces: Joining Analysis, Topology and Geometry 

      [OWR-2011-56] Workshop Report 2011,56 (2011) - (11 Dec - 17 Dec 2011)
      For manifolds, topological properties such as Poincaré duality and invariants such as the signature and characteristic classes, results and techniques from complex algebraic geometry such as the Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch ...

    • 1134b - Mini-Workshop: New Developments in Newton-Okounov Bodies 

      [OWR-2011-41] Workshop Report 2011,41 (2011) - (21 Aug - 27 Aug 2011)
      The theory of Newton-Okounkov bodies, also called Okounkov bodies, is a new connection between algebraic geometry and convex geometry. It generalizes the well-known and extremely rich correspondence between geometry of ...

    • 1129 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2011-35] Workshop Report 2011,35 (2011) - (17 Jul - 23 Jul 2011)
      These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics includes the Sato-Tate conjecure, Langlands programme, function fields, L-functions and many other topics.

    • 1110 - Automorphic Forms: New Directions 

      [OWR-2011-14] Workshop Report 2011,14 (2011) - (06 Mar - 12 Mar 2011)
      The workshop on Automorphic Forms: New Directions provided a nice glimpse of the many streams of current research activity in this very active area. Topics included the relative trace formula and periods of automorphic ...

    • 1102 - Set Theory 

      [OWR-2011-2] Workshop Report 2011,2 (2011) - (09 Jan - 15 Jan 2011)
      This stimulating workshop exposed some of the most exciting recent develops in set theory, including major new results about the proper forcing axiom, stationary reflection, gaps in P(ω)/Fin, iterated forcing, the tree ...

    • 1138 - Homotopy Theory 

      [OWR-2011-46] Workshop Report 2011,46 (2011) - (18 Sep - 24 Sep 2011)
      This workshop was a forum to present and discuss the latest result and ideas in homotopy theory and the connections to other branches of mathematics, such as algebraic geometry, representation theory and group theory.

    • 1148 - Geometric Partial Differential Equations: Theory, Numerics and Applications 

      [OWR-2011-54] Workshop Report 2011,54 (2011) - (27 Nov - 03 Dec 2011)
      This workshop concentrated on partial differential equations involving stationary and evolving surfaces in which geometric quantities play a major role. Mutual interest in this emerging field stimulated the interaction ...

    • 1139 - Complex Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2011-47] Workshop Report 2011,47 (2011) - (25 Sep - 01 Oct 2011)
      The conference focused on several classical and modern topics in the realm of complex algebraic geometry, such as moduli spaces, birational geometry and the minimal model program, Mirror symmetry and Gromov–Witten invariants, ...

    • 1112 - Geometric Numerical Integration 

      [OWR-2011-16] Workshop Report 2011,16 (2011) - (20 Mar - 26 Mar 2011)
      The subject of this workshop was numerical methods that preserve geometric properties of the flow of an ordinary or partial differential equation. This was complemented by the question as to how structure preservation ...

    • 1121 - Schnelle Löser für Partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2011-28] Workshop Report 2011,28 (2011) - (22 May - 28 May 2011)
      The workshop Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen, organised by Randolph E. Bank (La Jolla), Wolfgang Hackbusch (Leipzig), and Gabriel Wittum (Frankfurt am Main), was held May 22nd–May 28th, 2011. This ...

    • 1135 - The Analytic Theory of Automorphic Forms 

      [OWR-2011-43] Workshop Report 2011,43 (2011) - (28 Aug - 03 Sep 2011)
      The workshop brought together leading experts in the theory of automorphic forms. Recently developed analytic, geometric and ergodic methods have enabled several important results in the theory for $GL(2)$, and also made ...

    • 1117c - Mini-Workshop: Random Trees, Information and Algorithms 

      [OWR-2011-23] Workshop Report 2011,23 (2011) - (24 Apr - 30 Apr 2011)
      The subject of this Mini-Workshop is the probabilistic analysis of random tree models that originate from applications in Computer Science. Emphasis is put on their connections to algorithms and information theory. Trees ...

    • 1141 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Quantum Ergodicity 

      [OWR-2011-49] Workshop Report 2011,49 (2011) - (09 Oct - 14 Oct 2011)
      Quantum Ergodicity aims at understanding the eigenstates of quantum mechanical systems admitting chaotic classical limiting dynamics. A paradigmatic system is the Laplace-Beltrami operator on a compact manifold of negative ...

    • 1134c - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Machine Learning 

      [OWR-2011-42] Workshop Report 2011,42 (2011) - (21 Aug - 27 Aug 2011)
      This is a report for a mini-workshop on the mathematical theory of learning. The purpose of the workshop was to bring together internationally recognized experts and young researchers to discuss new approaches, trends, and ...

    • 1140 - Very High Dimensional Semiparametric Models 

      [OWR-2011-48] Workshop Report 2011,48 (2011) - (02 Oct - 08 Oct 2011)
      Very high dimensional semiparametric models play a major role in many areas, in particular in signal detection problems when sparse signals or sparse events are hidden among high dimensional noise. Concrete examples are ...

    • 1130 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications 

      [OWR-2011-36] Workshop Report 2011,36 (2011) - (24 Jul - 30 Jul 2011)
      The workshop has focused on important developments within the last few years in the point of view and methods of real and harmonic Analysis as well as significant concurrent progress in the application of these to various ...

    • 1118 - Random Matrices, Geometric Functional Analysis and Algorithms 

      [OWR-2011-24] Workshop Report 2011,24 (2011) - (01 May - 07 May 2011)
      The workshop gathered close to 50 participants on the topics of random matrix theory, high dimensional convex geometry and probabilistic methods in theoretical computer science. It favored cooperation between researchers ...

    • 1117b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Models, Analysis, and Numerical Methods for Dynamic Fracture 

      [OWR-2011-22] Workshop Report 2011,22 (2011) - (24 Apr - 30 Apr 2011)
      The mathematical foundation of fracture mechanics has seen considerable advances in the last fifteen years. While this progress has been substantial, it has been largely limited to quasi-static evolutions based on global ...

    • 1115 - Geometric Methods of Complex Analysis 

      [OWR-2011-19] Workshop Report 2011,19 (2011) - (10 Apr - 16 Apr 2011)
      The purpose of this workshop was to discuss recent results in Several Complex Variables, Complex Geometry and Symplectic/Contact Geometry with a special focus on the interplay and exchange of ideas among these areas, which ...

    • 1103b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Analysis for Peridynamics 

      [OWR-2011-4] Workshop Report 2011,4 (2011) - (16 Jan - 22 Jan 2011)
      A mathematical analysis for peridynamics, a nonlocal elastic theory, is the subject of the mini-workshop. Peridynamics is a novel multiscale mechanical model where the canonical divergence of the stress tensor is replaced ...