• 1644c - Mini-Workshop: Computations in the Cohomology of Arithmetic Groups 

      [OWR-2016-52] (2016) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2016)
      Explicit calculations play an important role in the theoretical development of the cohomology of groups and its applications. It is becoming more common for such calculations to be derived with the aid of a computer. This ...
    • 0533c - Mini-Workshop: Gerbes, Twisted K-Theory and Conformal Field Theory 

      [OWR-2005-38] (2005) - (14 Aug - 20 Aug 2005)
      The aim of the mini-workshop was to bring together people whose work in mathematics and mathematical physics centers around geometry and topology applicable in modern string theory. More specifically, whose interests are ...
    • 1743c - Mini-Workshop: Interactions between Low-dimensional Topology and Complex Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2017-50] (2017) - (22 Oct - 28 Oct 2017)
      Recent developments exhibit a strong connection between low-dimensional topology and complex algebraic geometry. A common theme is provided by the Alexander polynomial and its many avatars. The mini-Workshop brought together ...
    • 2106c - Mini-Workshop: Nonpositively Curved Complexes (online meeting) 

      [OWR-2021-8] (2021) - (07 Feb - 13 Feb 2021)
      The leading theme of the meeting was to understand nonpositively curved complexes and groups acting on them. Motivations, questions, results, and techniques being presented and discussed come from various areas of ...
    • 1915b - Mini-Workshop: Reflection Groups in Negative Curvature 

      [OWR-2019-17] (2019) - (07 Apr - 13 Apr 2019)
      Discrete groups generated by reflections constitute an important source of examples of lattices in simple Lie groups of real rank $1$ (whose associated symmetric spaces are negatively curved). Yet a classification for ...
    • 1702b - Mini-Workshop: Spaces and Moduli Spaces of Riemannian Metrics 

      [OWR-2017-3] (2017) - (08 Jan - 14 Jan 2017)
      The mini-workshop focused on central questions and new results concerning spaces and moduli spaces of Riemannian metrics with lower or upper curvature bounds on open and closed manifolds and, moreover, related themes from ...
    • 0633a - Mini-Workshop: The Hauptvermutung for High-Dimensional Manifolds 

      [OWR-2006-36] (2006) - (13 Aug - 19 Aug 2006)
      The meeting was devoted to the Kirby-Siebenmann structure theory for high-dimensional topological manifolds and the related disproof of the Hauptvermutung. We found nothing fundamentally wrong with the original work of ...
    • 0733c - Mini-Workshop: Topology of closed one-forms and Cohomology Jumping Loci 

      [OWR-2007-40] (2007) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2007)
      The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers from the two different fields mentioned in the title, and to create more interaction and connections between these fields. Among the topics which appear in ...
    • 2304 - Morphisms in Low Dimensions 

      [OWR-2023-4] (2023) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2023)
      This workshop brought together experts on interrelated topics in low-dimensional topology, centred around the common theme of 'morphisms'. Our goal was to improve community understanding of recent developments in the field ...
    • 1836 - New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups 

      [OWR-2018-40] (2018) - (02 Sep - 08 Sep 2018)
      In this workshop, various topics in Teichmüller theory and mapping class groups were discussed. Twenty-three talks dealing with classical topics and new directions in this field were given. A problem session was organised ...
    • 1407 - New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups 

      [OWR-2014-7] (2014) - (09 Feb - 15 Feb 2014)
      The program “New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups” brought together people working in various aspects of the field and beyond. The focus was on the recent developments that include higher Teichmüller ...
    • 1017 - Non-positive Curvature and Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2010-20] (2010) - (25 Apr - 01 May 2010)
      The focus of this meeting was the use of geometric methods to study infinite discrete groups. Key topics included isometric actions of such groups on spaces of nonpositive curvature, such as CAT(0) cube complexes, buildings, ...
    • On the autonomous metric on groups of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of closed hyperbolic surfaces 

      [OWP-2013-18] Brandenbursky, Michael (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2013-07-23)
      Let $\Sigma_g$ be a closed hyperbolic surface of genus $g$ and let Ham($\Sigma_ g$) be the group of Hamiltonian diffeomorphisms of $\Sigma_g$. The most natural word metric on this group is the autonomous metric. It has ...
    • On the geometry of regular maps from a quasi-projective surface to a curve 

      [OWP-2013-03] Parameswaran, A. J.; Tibăr, Mihai-Marius (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2013-03-14)
      We explore consequences of the triviality of the monodromy group, using the condition of purity of the mixed Hodge structure on the cohomology of the surface X.
    • Products of pairs of Dehn twists and maximal real Lefschetz fibrations 

      [OWP-2011-32] Degtyarev, Alex; Salepci, Nermin (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2011)
      We address the problem of existence and uniqueness of a factorization of a given element of the modular group into a product of two Dehn twists. As a geometric application, we conclude that any maximal real elliptic ...
    • 0718b - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2007-24] (2007) - (29 Apr - 05 May 2007)
      The theory of surfaces has undergone substantial changes in recent years, with many different active areas at this point in time. It has become mainstream to study minimal surfaces and constant mean curvature surfaces in ...
    • 1018 - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2010-21] (2010) - (02 May - 08 May 2010)
      The theory of surfaces is interpreted these days as a prototype of submanifold geometry and is characterized by the substantial application of PDE methods and methods from the theory of integrable systems, in addition to ...
    • 2212b - Recent Developments in Representation Theory and Mathematical Physics 

      [OWR-2022-16] (2022) - (20 Mar - 26 Mar 2022)
      This mini-workshop was devoted to foster the interactions between mathematicians and mathematical physicists who are working on questions related to representation theory. This includes for example the representation theory ...
    • 2307 - Representation Theory of Quivers and Finite-Dimensional Algebras 

      [OWR-2023-7] (2023) - (12 Feb - 18 Feb 2023)
      This workshop was about the representation theory of quivers and finite-dimensional (associative) algebras, and links to other areas of mathematics, including other areas of representation theory, homological algebra, ...
    • Singularities and Bifurcations of Pseudospherical Surfaces 

      [OWP-2020-08] Brander, David; Tari, Farid (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2020-03-17)
      We study singularities and bifurcations of constant negative curvature surfaces in Euclidean 3-space via their association with Lorentzian harmonic maps. This preprint presents the basic results on this, the full proofs ...