• 1512 - Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2015-15] (2015) - (15 Mar - 21 Mar 2015)
      The workshop covered a broad variety of areas in algebraic geometry and was the occasion to report on recent advances and works in progress. Special emphasis was put on the role of derived categories and various stability ...
    • 1516a - Mathematical Theory of Water Waves 

      [OWR-2015-19] (2015) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2015)
      The water-wave problem is the study of the two- and three-dimensional flow of a perfect fluid bounded above by a free surface subject to the forces of gravity and surface tension. From a mathematical viewpoint, the water-wave ...
    • 1516b - Copulae: On the Crossroads of Mathematics and Economics 

      [OWR-2015-20] (2015) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2015)
      The central focus of the workshop was on copula theory as well as applications to multivariate stochastic modelling. The programme was intrinsically interdisciplinary and represented areas with much recent progress. The ...
    • 1536 - Scaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics 

      [OWR-2015-40] (2015) - (30 Aug - 05 Sep 2015)
      The emphasis of the workshop was on the deep relations between, on the one hand, recent advances in probabilistic investigation of statistical mechanical models and spatial stochastic processes and, on the other hand, ...
    • 1550 - Convex Geometry and its Applications 

      [OWR-2015-56] (2015) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2015)
      The past 30 years have not only seen substantial progress and lively activity in various areas within convex geometry, e.g., in asymptotic geometric analysis, valuation theory, the $L_p$-Brunn-Minkowski theory and stochastic ...
    • 1511 - Homotopy Theory 

      [OWR-2015-14] (2015) - (08 Mar - 14 Mar 2015)
      This workshop was a forum to present and discuss the latest results and ideas in algebraic topology and homotopy theory, with a special emphasis on connections to other branches of mathematics, such as algebraic geometry, ...
    • Darcy's law and groundwater flow modelling 

      [SNAP-2015-007-EN] Schweizer, Ben (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
      Formulations of natural phenomena are derived, sometimes, from experimentation and observation. Mathematical methods can be applied to expand on these formulations, and develop them into better models. In the year 1856, ...
    • 1523 - Mathematical Methods in Quantum Molecular Dynamics 

      [OWR-2015-27] (2015) - (31 May - 06 Jun 2015)
      This report summarizes the 2015 Oberwolfach meeting on mathematical methods in quantum molecular dynamics. Over decades this field has hosted considerable research activity from different disciplines, such as mathematics, ...
    • The mystery of sleeping sickness – why does it keep waking up? 

      [SNAP-2015-015-EN] Funk, Sebastian (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
      Sleeping sickness is a neglected tropical disease that affects rural populations in Africa. Deadly when untreated, it is being targeted for elimination through case finding and treatment. Yet, fundamental questions about ...
    • 1541 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Mathematical Quasicrystals 

      [OWR-2015-44] (2015) - (04 Oct - 09 Oct 2015)
      This introductory workshop encouraged participants to read important recent works in the topology, geometry and dynamics of highly regular (but aperiodic) discrete sets in Euclidean spaces, and their corresponding tiling ...
    • 1502 - Spectral Theory and Weyl Functions 

      [OWR-2015-1] (2015) - (04 Jan - 10 Jan 2015)
      The focus of the workshop was on the interplay between spectral theory of differential operators, system theory, inverse problems and properties of associated classes of analytic functions, among them the classical ...
    • 1507c - Mini-Workshop: Singularities in G2-geometry 

      [OWR-2015-8] (2015) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2015)
      All currently known construction methods of smooth compact $\mathrm G_2$-manifolds have been tied to certain singular $\mathrm G_2$-spaces, which in Joyce’s original construction are $\mathrm G_2$-orbifolds and in Kovalev’s ...
    • Curriculum development in university mathematics: where mathematicians and education collide 

      [SNAP-2015-011-EN] Sangwin, Christopher J. (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
      This snapshot looks at educational aspects of the design of curricula in mathematics. In particular, we examine choices textbook authors have made when introducing the concept of the completness of the real numbers. Can ...
    • 1543 - Mixed-integer Nonlinear Optimization: A Hatchery for Modern Mathematics 

      [OWR-2015-46] (2015) - (18 Oct - 24 Oct 2015)
      The aim of this workshop was fostering the growth of new mathematical ideas arising from mixed-integer nonlinear optimization. In this regard, the workshop has been a resounding success. It has covered a very diverse ...
    • 1545b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Differential Growth, Morphogenesis, and Pattern Selection 

      [OWR-2015-49] (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
      Living structures are highly heterogeneous systems that consist of distinct regions made up of characteristic cell types with a specific structural organization. During evolution, development, disease, or environmental ...
    • 1527 - Differentialgeometrie im Großen 

      [OWR-2015-31] (2015) - (28 Jun - 04 Jul 2015)
      The topics discussed at the meeting were Kaehler geometry, geometric evolution equations, manifolds of nonnegative curvature, metric geometry and geometric representations of groups. The choice of topics reflects current ...
    • 1514 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: The Kadison-Singer Conjecture 

      [OWR-2015-17] (2015) - (29 Mar - 04 Apr 2015)
      The solution to the Kadison–Singer conjecture used techniques that intersect a number of areas of mathematics. The goal of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to bring together people from each of these fields to support interactions ...
    • From computer algorithms to quantum field theory: an introduction to operads 

      [SNAP-2015-017-EN] Krähmer, Ulrich (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
      An operad is an abstract mathematical tool encoding operations on specific mathematical structures. It finds applications in many areas of mathematics and related fields. This snapshot explains the concept of an operad and ...
    • Jahresbericht | Annual Report - 2014 

      Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
    • Billard und ebene Flächen 

      [SNAP-2015-001-DE] Davis, Diana (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2015)
      Billard, die Zick-Zack-Bewegungen eines Balls auf einem Tisch, ist ein reichhaltiges Feld gegenwärtiger mathematischer Forschung. In diesem Artikel diskutieren wir Fragen und Antworten zum Thema Billard, und zu dem damit ...