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Now showing items 921-940 of 1987

    • 1206 - Computability Theory 

      [OWR-2012-8] (2012) - (05 Feb - 11 Feb 2012)
      Computability is one of the fundamental notions of mathematics, trying to capture the effective content of mathematics. Starting from Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem, it has now blossomed into a rich area with strong ...

    • 1207 - Advanced Computational Engineering 

      [OWR-2012-9] (2012) - (12 Feb - 18 Feb 2012)
      The finite element method is the established simulation tool for the numerical solution of partial differential equations in many engineering problems with many mathematical developments such as mixed finite element methods ...

    • Strongly Consistent Density Estimation of Regression Redidual 

      [OWP-2012-07] Györfi, László; Walk, Harro (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2012)
      Consider the regression problem with a response variable $Y$ and with a $d$-dimensional feature vector $X$. For the regression function $m(x) = \mathbb{E}\{Y|X = x\}$, this paper investigates methods for estimating the ...

    • 1232 - Arithmetic Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-38] (2012) - (05 Aug - 11 Aug 2012)
      The focus of the workshop was the connection between algebraic geometry and arithmetic. Most lectures were on p-adic topics, underlining the importance of Fontaine’s theory in the field, namely it gives a relation between ...

    • 1220 - Nonlinear Evolution Problems 

      [OWR-2012-26] (2012) - (13 May - 19 May 2012)
      In this workshop geometric evolution equations of parabolic type, nonlinear hyperbolic equations, and dispersive equations and their interrelations were the subject of 21 talks and several shorter special presentations.

    • 1239 - Singularities 

      [OWR-2012-46] (2012) - (23 Sep - 29 Sep 2012)
      Singularity theory is concerned with the local and global structure of maps and spaces that occur in algebraic, analytic or differential geometric context. It uses methods from algebra, topology, algebraic geometry and ...

    • 1248b - Mini-Workshop: Frontiers in Quantile Regression 

      [OWR-2012-56] (2012) - (25 Nov - 01 Dec 2012)
      Quantiles play an essential role in modern statistics, as emphasized by the fundamental work of Parzen (1978) and Tukey (1977). Quantile regression was introduced by Koenker and Bassett (1978) as a complement to least ...

    • 1208a - Theory and Applications of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods 

      [OWR-2012-10] (2012) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2012)
      The workshop was organized by Susanne C. Brenner (Louisiana State University), Ronald Hoppe (University of Houston, Augsburg University) and Béatrice Rivière (Rice University). There were twenty-one lectures. The meeting ...

    • Rate of Convergence of the Density Estimation of Regression Residual 

      [OWP-2012-08] Györfi, László; Walk, Harro (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2012)
      Consider the regression problem with a response variable $Y$ and with a $d$-dimensional feature vector $X$. For the regression function $m(x) = \mathbb{E}\{Y|X = x\}$, this paper investigates methods for estimating the ...

    • 1240b - Mini-Workshop: Topology of Real Singularities and Motivic Aspects 

      [OWR-2012-48] (2012) - (01 Oct - 06 Oct 2012)
      This workgroup focusses on some recent issues in real singularities, concerning the topology of the Milnor fibre of a singular map and several motivic aspects of singularities of sets definable in some structures over the ...

    • 1209 - Control Theory: Mathematical Perspectives on Complex Networked Systems 

      [OWR-2012-12] (2012) - (26 Feb - 03 Mar 2012)
      Control theory is an interdisciplinary field that is located at the crossroads of pure and applied mathematics with systems engineering and the sciences. Its range of applicability and its techniques evolve rapidly with ...

    • 1215c - Mini-Workshop: Endomorphisms, Semigroups and C*-Algebras of Rings 

      [OWR-2012-20] (2012) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2012)
      The main aim of the workshop was to explore recent progress in the study of endomorphisms of $C*$-algebras, semigroup crossed products, graph algebras, ring $C*$-algebras, purely infinite $C*$-algebras and related algebraic ...

    • 1201c - Mini-Workshop: Thermodynamic Formalism, Geometry and Stochastics 

      [OWR-2012-3] (2012) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2012)
      Thermodynamic formalism and all its branches and applications in conformal dynamics, probability theory, stochastics and fractal geometry represent highly important fields in modern Mathematics, which are currently very ...

    • 1217a - Diophantische Approximationen 

      [OWR-2012-22] (2012) - (22 Apr - 28 Apr 2012)
      This Number Theoretic conference was focused on the following subjects: the Littlewood conjecture, simultaneous homogeneous and inhomogeneous Diophantine approximation, geometry of numbers, irrationality, Diophantine ...

    • Positive Margins and Primary Decomposition 

      [OWP-2012-06] Kahle, Thomas; Rauh, Johannes; Sullivant, Seth (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2012)
      We study random walks on contingency tables with fixed marginals, corresponding to a (log-linear) hierarchical model. If the set of allowed moves is not a Markov basis, then there exist tables with the same marginals that ...

    • 1240a - Mini-Workshop: Nichols Algebras and Weyl Groupoids 

      [OWR-2012-47] (2012) - (30 Sep - 06 Oct 2012)
      Nichols algebras are graded braided Hopf algebras satisfying a universal property. Many structural results of a Nichols algebra can be obtained by studying itsWeyl groupoid and its homology. In the mini-workshop, introductions ...

    • 1230 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2012-36] (2012) - (22 Jul - 28 Jul 2012)
      Since its invention, the calculus of variations has been a central field of mathematics and physics, providing tools and techniques to study problems in geometry, physics and partial differential equations. On the one hand, ...

    • 1205 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management 

      [OWR-2012-7] (2012) - (29 Jan - 04 Feb 2012)
      It was the aim of this workshop to gather a multidisciplinary and international group of scientists at the forefront of research in areas related to the mathematics and statistics of quantitative risk management. The main ...

    • 1236 - Komplexe Analysis 

      [OWR-2012-43] (2012) - (02 Sep - 08 Sep 2012)
      The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in several complex variables and complex geometry. Special emphasis was put on the interaction of analytic and algebraic methods. Topics included Kähler geometry, ...

    • 1233 - Mathematical Aspects of Hydrodynamics 

      [OWR-2012-39] (2012) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2012)
      The workshop dealt with the partial differential equations that describe fluid motion, namely the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations. Many of the lectures concerned questions of existence and regularity of ...