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    • 0731 - Wavelet and Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2007-36] (2007) - (29 Jul - 04 Aug 2007)
      Various scientific models demand finer and finer resolutions of relevant features. Paradoxically, increasing computational power serves to even heighten this demand. Namely, the wealth of available data itself becomes a ...

    • 0729 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2007-34] (2007) - (15 Jul - 21 Jul 2007)
      These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics includes asymptotics for field extensions and class numbers, random matrices and L-functions, rational points ...

    • 0741 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Percolation 

      [OWR-2007-48] (2007) - (07 Oct - 13 Oct 2007)
      Abstract. Percolation as a mathematical theory is more than fifty years old. During its life, it has attracted the attention of both physicists and mathematicians. This is due in large part to the fact that it represents ...

    • 0718a - Poisson Geometry and Applications 

      [OWR-2007-23] (2007) - (29 Apr - 05 May 2007)
      This workshop concentrated on some of the major areas of Poisson geometry and its applications. Topics covered included moment maps, global Poisson geometry (Poisson-Lie groups, homogeneous spaces), Poisson topology ...

    • 0707b - Mini-Workshop: Levy Processes and Related Topics in Modelling 

      [OWR-2007-7] (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      The focus of the meeting was on recent ongoing research and new ideas in the area of infinite divisibility and Lévy processes, with particular view to realistic modelling. As regards more applied aspects, work in mathematical ...

    • 0706 - Computational Electromagnetism and Acoustics 

      [OWR-2007-5] (2007) - (04 Feb - 10 Feb 2007)
      It is a moot point to stress the significance of accurate and fast numerical methods for the simulation of electromagnetic fields and sound propagation for modern technology. This has triggered a surge of research in ...

    • 0717 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2007-22] (2007) - (22 Apr - 28 Apr 2007)
      The workshop dealt with a broad range of topics from the structure theory and the representation theory of algebraic groups (in the widest sense). There was emphasis on the following areas: structure and classification of ...

    • 0720 - Arithmetic and Differential Galois Groups 

      [OWR-2007-26] (2007) - (13 May - 19 May 2007)
      Galois theory is the study of symmetries in solution spaces of polynomial and differential equations and more generally of the relation between automorphism groups (or group schemes respectively) and the structure of ...

    • 0711 - Reelle Algebraische Geometrie 

      [OWR-2007-14] (2007) - (11 Mar - 17 Mar 2007)
      This workshop was organized by Michel Coste (Rennes), Claus Scheiderer (Konstanz) and Niels Schwartz (Passau). The talks focussed on recent developments in real enumerative and tropical geometry, positivity and sums of ...

    • 0713 - Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2007-16] (2007) - (25 Mar - 31 Mar 2007)
      This week broadly targeted both finite and infinite graph theory, as well as matroids, including their interaction with other areas of pure mathematics. The talks were complemented by informal workshops focussing on specific ...

    • 0733a - Mini-Workshop: The Reception of the Work of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) 

      [OWR-2007-38] (2007) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2007)
      2007 marked the tercentenary of the birth of Euler, famous as a major figure in mathematics. 16 scholars came together to discuss the influence of his work in some detail. The topics covered included not only pure but also ...

    • 0710b - Inverse Problems in Wave Scattering 

      [OWR-2007-13] (2007) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2007)
      The workshop treated inverse problems for partial differential equations, especially inverse scattering problems, and their applications in technology. While special attention was paid to sampling methods, decomposition ...

    • 0710a - Transport in Multi-Dimensional Random Schrödinger Operators 

      [OWR-2007-12] (2007) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2007)
      Random Schrödinger operators are a topic of common interest in

    • 0746 - Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers - Research and Practice from an International Perspective 

      [OWR-2007-52] (2007) - (11 Nov - 17 Nov 2007)
      The Oberwolfach Workshop on “Teachers Professional Development” gathered a wide spectrum of topics of international research and practice in the field of mathematics education. Well-known researchers from all over the world ...

    • 0736 - Noncommutative Geometry 

      [OWR-2007-43] (2007) - (02 Sep - 08 Sep 2007)
      Many of the various aspects of Noncommutative Geometry were represented in the talks. This includes in particular index theory on foliated spaces, a number of results on spectral triples, noncommutative manifolds and ...

    • 0707c - Mini-Workshop: Control of Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2007-8] (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      The field of the mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear pdes involving interfaces and free boundaries is a burgeoning area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical models in material ...

    • 0704 - Trends in Mathematical Imaging and Surface Processing 

      [OWR-2007-3] (2007) - (21 Jan - 27 Jan 2007)
      Motivated both by industrial applications and the challenge of new problems, one observes an increasing interest in the field of image and surface processing over the last years. It has become clear that even though the ...

    • 0708a - Normal Families and Complex Dynamics 

      [OWR-2007-9] (2007) - (18 Feb - 24 Feb 2007)
      The schedule comprised more than 25 ordinary and problem session talks from a broad range of areas in function theory, including but not limited to: Nevanlinna theory, iteration of rational functions, dynamics of transcendental ...

    • Topological and Bivariant K-theory 

      [OWS-36] Cuntz, Joachim; Meyer, Ralf; Rosenberg, Jonathan M. (Birkhäuser Basel, 2007)
      Topological K-theory is one of the most important invariants for noncommutative algebras equipped with a suitable topology or bornology. Bott periodicity, homotopy invariance, and various long exact sequences distinguish ...

    • 0725 - Algebraische Zahlentheorie 

      [OWR-2007-30] (2007) - (17 Jun - 23 Jun 2007)
      The conference brought together researchers from Europe, the US and Japan who reported on various recent developments in algebraic number theory and related fields. As at previous meetings, a clear theme was the prevalence ...