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    • 1622 - Nonlinear Evolution Problems 

      [OWR-2016-27] (2016) - (29 May - 04 Jun 2016)
      The main themes of this workshop were geometric evolution equations and dispersive equations, including nonlinear wave and Schrödinger equations. Altogether there were 21 talks, presented by leading specialists from all ...

    • 1637 - Many-Body Quantum Systems and Effective Theories 

      [OWR-2016-43] (2016) - (11 Sep - 17 Sep 2016)
      In the last years, substantial progress has been made in many areas of mathematical physics. The goal of this workshop was to bring together researchers working on analytic and probabilistic aspects of many-body quantum ...

    • 1606b - Mini-Workshop: Applied Koopmanism 

      [OWR-2016-7] (2016) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2016)
      Koopman and Perron–Frobenius operators are linear operators that encapsulate dynamics of nonlinear dynamical systems without loss of information. This is accomplished by embedding the dynamics into a larger infinite-dimensional ...

    • 1613 - Toric Geometry 

      [OWR-2016-19] (2016) - (27 Mar - 02 Apr 2016)
      Toric geometry is a subfield of algebraic geometry with deep intersections with combinatorics. This workshop brought together researchers working in toric geometry, applying toric geometry elsewhere in algebraic geometry, ...

    • 1626 - Algebraic K-theory and Motivic Cohomology 

      [OWR-2016-31] (2016) - (26 Jun - 02 Jul 2016)
      Algebraic $K$-theory and motivic cohomology have developed together over the last thirty years. Both of these theories rely on a mix of algebraic geometry and homotopy theory for their construction and development, and ...

    • 1643 - Definability and Decidability Problems in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2016-49] (2016) - (23 Oct - 29 Oct 2016)
      This workshop brought together experts working on variations of Hilbert’s Tenth Problem and more general decidability issues for structures other than the ring of integers arising naturally in number theory and algebraic geometry.

    • 1611 - Mechanics of Materials: Mechanics of Interfaces and Evolving Microstructure 

      [OWR-2016-17] (2016) - (13 Mar - 19 Mar 2016)
      Emphasis in modern day efforts in mechanics of materials is increasingly directed towards integration with computational materials science, which itself rests on solid physical and mathematical foundations in thermodynamics ...

    • 1631 - Computational Group Theory 

      [OWR-2016-37] (2016) - (31 Jul - 06 Aug 2016)
      This was the seventh workshop on Computational Group Theory. It showed that Computational Group Theory has significantly expanded its range of activities. For example, symbolic computations with groups and their representations ...

    • 1603 - Lattices and Applications in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2016-3] (2016) - (17 Jan - 23 Jan 2016)
      This is a report on the workshop on Lattices and Applications in Number Theory held in Oberwolfach, from January 17 to January 23, 2016. The workshop brought together people working in various areas related to the field: ...

    • 1628 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2016-34] (2016) - (10 Jul - 16 Jul 2016)
      The Calculus of Variations is subject with a long and distinguished history, a great deal of diverse current activity, and close connections to other fields such as geometry and mathematical physics. The July 2016 workshop ...

    • Symmetry and characters of finite groups 

      [SNAP-2016-005-EN] Giannelli, Eugenio; Taylor, Jay (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2016)
      Over the last two centuries mathematicians have developed an elegant abstract framework to study the natural idea of symmetry. The aim of this snapshot is to gently guide the interested reader through these ideas. In ...

    • 1615 - Diophantische Approximationen 

      [OWR-2016-21] (2016) - (10 Apr - 16 Apr 2016)
      This number theoretic conference was focused on a broad variety of subjects in (or closely related to) Diophantine approximation, including the following: metric Diophantine approximation, Mahler’s method in transcendence, ...

    • 1633 - Multiscale Interactions in Geophysical Fluids 

      [OWR-2016-39] (2016) - (14 Aug - 20 Aug 2016)
      The dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean involves a broad range of spatial and temporal scales, many of which emerge through complex nonlinear mechanisms from forcings at very different scales. This poses major challenges ...

    • 1641 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Diophantine Approximation, Fractal Geometry and Dynamics 

      [OWR-2016-48] (2016) - (09 Oct - 14 Oct 2016)
      Recently conjectures by Schmidt and by Davenport were solved in papers by Dzmitry Badziahin, Andrew Pollington and Sanju Velani, and by Victor Beresnevich. The methods which they used are the source for a growing number ...

    • Profinite groups 

      [SNAP-2016-014-EN] Bartholdi, Laurent (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2016)
      Profinite objects are mathematical constructions used to collect, in a uniform manner, facts about infinitely many finite objects. We shall review recent progress in the theory of profinite groups, due to Nikolov and Segal, ...

    • 1627b - Learning Theory and Approximation 

      [OWR-2016-33] (2016) - (03 Jul - 09 Jul 2016)
      The main goal of this workshop – the third one of this type at the MFO – has been to blend mathematical results from statistical learning theory and approximation theory to strengthen both disciplines and use synergistic ...

    • 1609a - Mini-Workshop: PBW Structures in Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2016-13] (2016) - (28 Feb - 05 Mar 2016)
      The PBW structures play a very important role in the Lie theory and in the theory of algebraic groups. The importance is due to the huge number of possible applications. The main goal of the workshop was to bring together ...

    • On the containment problem 

      [SNAP-2016-003-EN] Szemberg, Tomasz; Szpond, Justyna (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2016)
      Mathematicians routinely speak two languages: the language of geometry and the language of algebra. When translating between these languages, curves and lines become sets of polynomials called “ideals”. Often there are ...

    • 1629 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2016-35] (2016) - (17 Jul - 23 Jul 2016)
      The Oberwolfach conference “Topologie” is one of only a few opportunities for researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology to meet and exchange ideas. This year we emphasized two topics of ...

    • 1648 - Heat Kernels, Stochastic Processes and Functional Inequalities 

      [OWR-2016-55] (2016) - (27 Nov - 03 Dec 2016)
      The general topic of the 2016 workshop Heat kernels, stochastic processes and functional inequalities was the study of linear and non-linear diffusions in geometric environments including smooth manifolds, fractals and ...