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<title>Drogen, Herbizide und numerische Simulation</title>
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<description>Drogen, Herbizide und numerische Simulation
Benner, Peter; Mena, Hermann; Schneider, René
Die kolumbianische Regierung versprüht Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (Herbizide) über Coca-Feldern, um die Drogenproduktion im Land zu reduzieren. Sprühverwehungen entlang der Grenze Kolumbiens zu Ecuador wurden zu einem internationalen Streitfall. Wir haben ein mathematisches Modell für die Ausbreitung der Chemikalien in der Luft entwickelt, das es uns ermöglicht, das Phänomen am Computer zu simulieren.
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<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2017 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2017-08-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Benner, Peter</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Mena, Hermann</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Schneider, René</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Die kolumbianische Regierung versprüht Unkrautbekämpfungsmittel (Herbizide) über Coca-Feldern, um die Drogenproduktion im Land zu reduzieren. Sprühverwehungen entlang der Grenze Kolumbiens zu Ecuador wurden zu einem internationalen Streitfall. Wir haben ein mathematisches Modell für die Ausbreitung der Chemikalien in der Luft entwickelt, das es uns ermöglicht, das Phänomen am Computer zu simulieren.</dc:description>
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<title>Le problème ternaire de Goldbach</title>
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<description>Le problème ternaire de Goldbach
Helfgott, Harald
Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), l’un des plus grands mathématiciens du XVIIIe siècle et de tous les temps, entretenait une correspondance régulière avec l’un de ses amis: Christian Goldbach (1690–1764), un amateur polymathe qui vivait et travaillait en Russie, tout comme Euler. Dans une lettre datée de juin 1742, Goldbach établit une conjecture (c’est-à-dire une hypothèse éclairée) sur les nombres premiers: Es scheinet wenigstens, dass eine jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, ein aggregatum trium numerorum primorum sey. Il semble [ . . .] que tout nombre entier naturel supérieur à 2 puisse être écrit comme la somme de trois nombres premiers.
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2024-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Helfgott, Harald</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Leonhard Euler (1707–1783), l’un des plus grands mathématiciens du XVIIIe siècle et de tous les temps, entretenait une correspondance régulière avec l’un de ses amis: Christian Goldbach (1690–1764), un amateur polymathe qui vivait et travaillait en Russie, tout comme Euler. Dans une lettre datée de juin 1742, Goldbach établit une conjecture (c’est-à-dire une hypothèse éclairée) sur les nombres premiers: Es scheinet wenigstens, dass eine jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, ein aggregatum trium numerorum primorum sey. Il semble [ . . .] que tout nombre entier naturel supérieur à 2 puisse être écrit comme la somme de trois nombres premiers.</dc:description>
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<title>Das ternäre Goldbach-Problem</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/4116</link>
<description>Das ternäre Goldbach-Problem
Helfgott, Harald
Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) war einer der besten Mathematiker des 18. Jahrhunderts und wohl auch aller Zeiten. Er korrespondierte oft mit seinem Freund, Christoph Goldbach (1690–1764), einem Universalgelehrten, der auch Mathematik betrieb und ebenso wie Euler in Russland lebte. In einem dieser Briefe im Juni 1782, machte Goldbach die folgende Vermutung zu Primzahlen: "Es scheinet wenigstens, dass eine jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, ein aggregatum trium numerorum primorum sey." Goldbach behauptete also, dass sich jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, als Summe dreier Primzahlen schreiben lässt. In diesem Schnappschuss moderner Mathematik soll es darum gehen, in welchem Ausmaß Mathematiker Goldbachs Vermutung bewiesen haben. Wir wollen dabei insbesondere aktuellen Fortschritt betrachten.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2020-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Helfgott, Harald</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) war einer der besten Mathematiker des 18. Jahrhunderts und wohl auch aller Zeiten. Er korrespondierte oft mit seinem Freund, Christoph Goldbach (1690–1764), einem Universalgelehrten, der auch Mathematik betrieb und ebenso wie Euler in Russland lebte. In einem dieser Briefe im Juni 1782, machte Goldbach die folgende Vermutung zu Primzahlen: "Es scheinet wenigstens, dass eine jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, ein aggregatum trium numerorum primorum sey." Goldbach behauptete also, dass sich jede Zahl, die größer ist als 2, als Summe dreier Primzahlen schreiben lässt. In diesem Schnappschuss moderner Mathematik soll es darum gehen, in welchem Ausmaß Mathematiker Goldbachs Vermutung bewiesen haben. Wir wollen dabei insbesondere aktuellen Fortschritt betrachten.</dc:description>
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<title>Drugs, herbicides, and numerical simulation</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/427</link>
<description>Drugs, herbicides, and numerical simulation
Benner, Peter; Mena, Hermann; Schneider, René
The Colombian government sprays coca fields with herbicides in an effort to reduce drug production. Spray drifts at the Ecuador-Colombia border became an international issue. We developed a mathematical model for the herbicide aerial spray drift, enabling simulations of the phenomenon.; [Also available in German]
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Benner, Peter</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Mena, Hermann</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Schneider, René</dc:creator>
<dc:description>The Colombian government sprays coca fields with herbicides in an effort to reduce drug production. Spray drifts at the Ecuador-Colombia border became an international issue. We developed a mathematical model for the herbicide aerial spray drift, enabling simulations of the phenomenon.

[Also available in German]</dc:description>
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<title>Operator theory and the singular value decomposition</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/435</link>
<description>Operator theory and the singular value decomposition
Knese, Greg
This is a snapshot about operator theory and one of its fundamental tools: the singular value decomposition (SVD). The SVD breaks up linear transformations into simpler mappings, thus unveiling their  geometric properties. This tool has become important in many areas of applied mathematics for its ability to organize information. We discuss the SVD in the concrete situation of linear transformations of the plane (such as rotations, reflections, etc.).
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Knese, Greg</dc:creator>
<dc:description>This is a snapshot about operator theory and one of its fundamental tools: the singular value decomposition (SVD). The SVD breaks up linear transformations into simpler mappings, thus unveiling their  geometric properties. This tool has become important in many areas of applied mathematics for its ability to organize information. We discuss the SVD in the concrete situation of linear transformations of the plane (such as rotations, reflections, etc.).</dc:description>
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<title>The Kadison-Singer problem</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/434</link>
<description>The Kadison-Singer problem
Valette, Alain
In quantum mechanics, unlike in classical mechanics, one cannot make precise predictions about how a system will behave. Instead, one is concerned with mere probabilities. Consequently, it is a very important task to determine the basic probabilities associated with a given system. In this snapshot we will present a recent uniqueness result concerning these probabilities.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Valette, Alain</dc:creator>
<dc:description>In quantum mechanics, unlike in classical mechanics, one cannot make precise predictions about how a system will behave. Instead, one is concerned with mere probabilities. Consequently, it is a very important task to determine the basic probabilities associated with a given system. In this snapshot we will present a recent uniqueness result concerning these probabilities.</dc:description>
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<title>Swallowtail on the shore</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/433</link>
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Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf; Faber, Eleonore
Platonic solids, Felix Klein, H.S.M. Coxeter and a flap of a swallowtail: The five Platonic solids tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron have always attracted much curiosity from mathematicians, not only for their sheer beauty but also because of their many symmetry properties. In this snapshot we will start from these symmetries, move on to groups, singularities, and finally find the connection between a tetrahedron and a “swallowtail”. Our running example is the tetrahedron, but every construction can be carried out with any other of the Platonic solids.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Buchweitz, Ragnar-Olaf</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Faber, Eleonore</dc:creator>
<dc:description>Platonic solids, Felix Klein, H.S.M. Coxeter and a flap of a swallowtail: The five Platonic solids tetrahedron, cube, octahedron, icosahedron and dodecahedron have always attracted much curiosity from mathematicians, not only for their sheer beauty but also because of their many symmetry properties. In this snapshot we will start from these symmetries, move on to groups, singularities, and finally find the connection between a tetrahedron and a “swallowtail”. Our running example is the tetrahedron, but every construction can be carried out with any other of the Platonic solids.</dc:description>
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<title>Statistics and dynamical phenomena</title>
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Tong, Howell
A friend of mine, an expert in statistical genomics, told me the following story: At a dinner party, an attractive lady asked him, "What do you do for a living?" He replied, "I model." As my friend is a handsome man, the lady did not question his statement and continued, "What do you model?" "Genes." She then looked at him up and down and said, "Mh, you must be very much in demand." "Yes, very much so, especially after I helped discover a new culprit gene for a common childhood disease." The lady looked puzzled. In this snapshot, I will give you an insight into Statistics, the field that fascinated my friend (and myself) so much. I will concentrate on phenomena that change over time, in other words, dynamical events.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Tong, Howell</dc:creator>
<dc:description>A friend of mine, an expert in statistical genomics, told me the following story: At a dinner party, an attractive lady asked him, "What do you do for a living?" He replied, "I model." As my friend is a handsome man, the lady did not question his statement and continued, "What do you model?" "Genes." She then looked at him up and down and said, "Mh, you must be very much in demand." "Yes, very much so, especially after I helped discover a new culprit gene for a common childhood disease." The lady looked puzzled. In this snapshot, I will give you an insight into Statistics, the field that fascinated my friend (and myself) so much. I will concentrate on phenomena that change over time, in other words, dynamical events.</dc:description>
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<title>Arrangements of lines</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/431</link>
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Harbourne, Brian; Szemberg, Tomasz
We discuss certain open problems in the context of arrangements of lines in the plane.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Harbourne, Brian</dc:creator>
<dc:creator>Szemberg, Tomasz</dc:creator>
<dc:description>We discuss certain open problems in the context of arrangements of lines in the plane.</dc:description>
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<title>What does "&gt;" really mean?</title>
<link>http://publications.mfo.de/handle/mfo/430</link>
<description>What does "&gt;" really mean?
Reznick, Bruce
This Snapshot is about the generalization of "&gt;" from ordinary numbers to so-called fields. At the end, I will touch on some ideas in recent research.
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<dc:date>2014-01-01T00:00:00Z</dc:date>
<dc:creator>Reznick, Bruce</dc:creator>
<dc:description>This Snapshot is about the generalization of "&gt;" from ordinary numbers to so-called fields. At the end, I will touch on some ideas in recent research.</dc:description>
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