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Now showing items 1361-1380 of 1987

    • 1710 - Real Algebraic Geometry With a View Toward Moment Problems and Optimization 

      [OWR-2017-14] (2017) - (05 Mar - 11 Mar 2017)
      Continuing the tradition initiated in MFO workshop held in 2014, the aim of this workshop was to foster the interaction between real algebraic geometry, operator theory, optimization, and algorithms for systems control. A ...

    • 1738b - Mini-Workshop: Positivity in Higher-dimensional Geometry: Higher-codimensional Cycles and Newton-Okounkov Bodies 

      [OWR-2017-43] (2017) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2017)
      There are several flavors of positivity in Algebraic Geometry. They range from conditions that determine vanishing of cohomology, to intersection theoretic properties, and to convex geometry. They offer excellent invariants ...

    • 1726 - Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2017-30] (2017) - (25 Jun - 01 Jul 2017)
      Geometric group theory has natural connections and rich interfaces with many of the other major fields of modern mathematics. The basic motif of the field is the construction and exploration of actions by infinite groups ...

    • 1709 - Mathematics of Quantitative Finance 

      [OWR-2017-13] (2017) - (26 Feb - 04 Mar 2017)
      The workshop on Mathematics of Quantitative Finance, organised at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach from 26 February to 4 March 2017, focused on cutting edge areas of mathematical finance, with an emphasis ...

    • 1738c - Mini-Workshop: Lattice Polytopes: Methods, Advances, Applications 

      [OWR-2017-44] (2017) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2017)
      Lattice polytopes arise naturally in many different branches of pure and applied mathematics such as number theory, commutative algebra, combinatorics, toric geometry, optimization, and mirror symmetry. The miniworkshop ...

    • 1706c - Mini-Workshop: Perspectives in High-dimensional Probability and Convexity 

      [OWR-2017-10] (2017) - (05 Feb - 11 Feb 2017)
      Understanding the geometric structure of systems involving a huge amount of parameters is a central problem in mathematics and applied sciences today. Here, geometric and analytical ideas meet in a non-trivial way and ...

    • 1721 - Harmonic Analysis and the Trace Formula 

      [OWR-2017-25] (2017) - (21 May - 27 May 2017)
      The purpose of this workshop was to discuss recent results in harmonic analysis that arise in the study of the trace formula. This theme is common to different directions of research on automorphic forms such as representation ...

    • 1743b - Mini-Workshop: Reflectionless Operators: The Deift and Simon Conjectures 

      [OWR-2017-49] (2017) - (22 Oct - 28 Oct 2017)
      Reflectionless operators in one dimension are particularly amenable to inverse scattering and are intimately related to integrable systems like KdV and Toda. Recent work has indicated a strong (but not equivalent) relationship ...

    • 1702a - Mini-Workshop: Women in Mathematics: Historical and Modern Perspectives 

      [OWR-2017-2] (2017) - (08 Jan - 14 Jan 2017)
      The aim of the workshop is to build a bridge between research on the situation of women in mathematics at the beginning of coeducative studies and the current circumstances in academia. The issue of women in mathematics ...

    • 1714 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Higher Gross Zagier Formulas 

      [OWR-2017-18] (2017) - (02 Apr - 08 Apr 2017)
      The aim of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft is to go over the proof of the higher Gross–Zagier formula established in the paper [YZ15]. The formula relates arbitrary order central derivative of the base change $L$-function of an ...

    • K-Theory for Group C*-Algebras and Semigroup C*-Algebras 

      [OWS-47] Cuntz, Joachim; Echterhoff, Siegfried; Li, Xin; Yu, Guoliang (Birkhäuser Basel, 2017)
      This book gives an account of the necessary background for group algebras and crossed products for actions of a group or a semigroup on a space and reports on some very recently developed techniques with applications to ...

    • 1738a - Mini-Workshop: MASAs and Automorphisms of C*-Algebras 

      [OWR-2017-42] (2017) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2017)
      The main aim of this workshop was to study maximal abelian *-subalgebras of C*-algebras from various points of view. A chief motivation is the UCT problem, which asks whether all separable nuclear C*-algebras satisfy the ...

    • 1728 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2017-32] (2017) - (09 Jul - 15 Jul 2017)
      This workshop continued the biannual series at Oberwolfach on Dynamical Systems that started as the “Moser–Zehnder meeting” in 1981. The main themes of the workshop are the new results and developments in the area of ...

    • 1704 - Emerging Developments in Interfaces and Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2017-6] (2017) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2017)
      The field of the mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a well established and flourishing area of research. This workshop ...

    • 1708 - Representation Theory of Quivers and Finite Dimensional Algebras 

      [OWR-2017-12] (2017) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2017)
      Methods and results from the representation theory of quivers and finite dimensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathematics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, ...

    • 1730 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, and Applications 

      [OWR-2017-34] (2017) - (23 Jul - 29 Jul 2017)
      The workshop focused on important developments within the last few years in real and harmonic analysis, including polynomial partitioning and decoupling as well as significant concurrent progress in the application of these ...

    • 1711 - Space-time Methods for Time-dependent Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2017-15] (2017) - (12 Mar - 18 Mar 2017)
      Modern discretizations of time-dependent PDEs consider the full problem in the space-time cylinder and aim to overcome limitations of classical approaches such as the method of lines (first discretize in space and then ...

    • 1703 - Cryptography 

      [OWR-2017-5] (2017) - (15 Jan - 21 Jan 2017)
      The Oberwolfach workshop Cryptography brought together scientists from cryptography with mathematicians specializing in the algorithmic problems underlying cryptographic security. The goal of the workshop was to stimulate ...

    • 1701 - Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2017-1] (2017) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2017)
      Combinatorics is a fundamental mathematical discipline that focuses on the study of discrete objects and their properties. The present workshop featured research in such diverse areas as Extremal, Probabilistic and Algebraic ...

    • 1734 - Low-dimensional Topology and Number Theory 

      [OWR-2017-38] (2017) - (20 Aug - 26 Aug 2017)
      The workshop brought together topologists and number theorists with the intent of exploring the many tantalizing connections between these areas.