• 1219 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2012-25] (2012) - (06 May - 12 May 2012)
      This is a report on the Oberwolfach conference “Analysis and Geometric Singularities”, May 6-12, 2012. The main themes discussed in the meeting include the interplay between the analytic, geometric and topological study ...
    • 0734 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2007-41] (2007) - (19 Aug - 25 Aug 2007)
      This workshop focused on several main areas of current research concerning analysis on singular and noncompact spaces. Topics included classical areas like spectral asymptotics, propagation of singularities and scattering ...
    • 1026 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2010-28] (2010) - (27 Jun - 03 Jul 2010)
      The Conference on “Analysis and Geometric Singularities” took place from June 27 to July 3, 2010 and had 53 participants. The organization of the meeting followed the well-established scheme, providing plenty of discussion ...
    • 0534a - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2005-39] (2005) - (21 Aug - 27 Aug 2005)
      This workshop focused on several of the main areas of current research concerning analysis on singular and noncompact spaces. Topics included harmonic analysis and Hodge theory on, and the theory of compactifications of, ...
    • 0611 - Analysis and Topology in Interaction 

      [OWR-2006-13] (2006) - (12 Mar - 18 Mar 2006)
      This workshop brought together, on the one side, mathematicians working in areas of global analysis and index theory, which are related with problems in algebraic topology, and on the other side, specialists in fields like ...
    • 2408 - Analysis, Geometry and Topology of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics 

      [OWR-2024-9] (2024) - (18 Feb - 23 Feb 2024)
      Riemannian metrics with positive scalar curvature play an important role in differential geometry and general relativity. To investigate these metrics, it is necessary to employ concepts and techniques from global analysis, ...
    • 2126a - Analysis, Geometry and Topology of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics (hybrid meeting) 

      [OWR-2021-30] (2021) - (27 Jun - 03 Jul 2021)
      The investigation of Riemannian metrics with lower scalar curvature bounds has been a central topic in differential geometry for decades. It addresses foundational problems, combining ideas and methods from global analysis, ...
    • 2123 - Analysis, Geometry and Topology of Singular PDE (hybrid meeting) 

      [OWR-2021-27] (2021) - (06 Jun - 12 Jun 2021)
      This is a report on the Oberwolfach conference "Analysis, geometry and topology of singular PDE'', June 2-12, 2021. This workshop, held in an hybrid format, focused on the topology, geometry and geometric analysis of ...
    • 1133 - Applied Dynamics and Geometric Mechanics 

      [OWR-2011-39] (2011) - (14 Aug - 20 Aug 2011)
      This one week workshop was organized around several central subjects in applied dynamics and geometric mechanics. The specific organization with afternoons free for discussion led to intense exchanges of ideas. Bridges ...
    • 0830 - Applied Dynamics and Geometric Mechanics 

      [OWR-2008-33] (2008) - (20 Jul - 26 Jul 2008)
      The workshop was organized around core topics in applied dynamics and geometric mechanics. Each speaker and invitee presented a new mathematical or computational tool. They also showed how their tool or technique is useful ...
    • 0614 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit aktuellem Thema: Higher Torsion Invariants in Differential Topology and Algebraic K-Theory 

      [OWR-2006-16] (2006) - (02 Apr - 08 Apr 2006)
      The purpose of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to study and—as far as possible—compare three generalisations of the classical Franz-Reidemeister torsion to families E → B of manifolds. Dwyer, Weiss and Williams construct ...
    • 0914 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Optimal Transport and Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-18] (2009) - (29 Mar - 04 Apr 2009)
      This Arbeitsgemeinschaft was devoted to recent developments in optimal transport with emphasis on links and applications to geometry. The topics reached from the origin of optimal transport as a variational problem, where ...
    • 1041 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Topological Robotics 

      [OWR-2010-47] (2010) - (10 Oct - 16 Oct 2010)
      The purpose of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to enable PhD students and researchers to study Topological Robotics, a new field investigating topological problems motivated by robotics and engineering as well as problems of ...
    • Boundary Conditions for Scalar Curvature 

      [OWP-2021-01] Bär, Christian; Hanke, Bernhard (Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach, 2021-01-04)
      Based on the Atiyah-Patodi-Singer index formula, we construct an obstruction to positive scalar curvature metrics with mean convex boundaries on spin manifolds of infinite $K$-area. We also characterize the extremal case. ...
    • 1429 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2014-33] (2014) - (13 Jul - 19 Jul 2014)
      The Calculus of Variations is at the same time a classical subject, with long-standing open questions which have generated deep discoveries in recent decades, and a modern subject in which new types of questions arise, ...
    • 1831 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2018-35] (2018) - (29 Jul - 04 Aug 2018)
      The Calculus of Variations is at once a classical subject, and a very modern one. Its scope encompasses a broad range of topics in geometric analysis, and deep questions about PDE. New frontiers are constantly emerging, ...
    • 1029 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2010-31] (2010) - (18 Jul - 24 Jul 2010)
      Since its invention by Newton, the calculus of variations has formed one of the central techniques for studying problems in geometry, physics, and partial differential equations. This trend continues even today. On the one ...
    • 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 ...
    • 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, ...
    • 0828 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2008-31] (2008) - (06 Jul - 12 Jul 2008)
      The Calculus of Variations is at the same time a classical subject, with long-standing open questions which have generated exciting discoveries in recent decades, and a modern subject in which new types of questions arise, ...