Browsing 5 - Oberwolfach Reports (OWR) by Title

1737 - Mathematical Questions and Challenges in Quantum Electrodynamics and its Applications

[OWR-2017-41] Workshop Report 2017,41 (2017) - (10 Sep - 16 Sep 2017)

Quantum field theory (QFT) may be considered one of the most fundamental frameworks of theoretical physics. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is the part of QFT that describes the interaction between matter and light. Although ...

1317a - Mathematical Statistics of Partially Identified Objects

[OWR-2013-19] Workshop Report 2013,19 (2013) - (21 Apr - 27 Apr 2013)

The workshop brought together leading experts in mathematical statistics, theoretical econometrics and bio-mathematics interested in mathematical objects occurring in the analysis of partially identified structures. The ...

0634 - Mathematical Theory and Modelling in Atmosphere-Ocean Science

[OWR-2006-39] Workshop Report 2006,39 (2006) - (20 Aug - 26 Aug 2006)

Mathematical theory and modelling in atmosphere-ocean science combines a broad range of advanced mathematical and numerical techniques and research directions. This includes the asymptotic analysis of multiscale systems, ...

1032 - Mathematical Theory and Modelling in Atmosphere-Ocean-Science

[OWR-2010-34] Workshop Report 2010,34 (2010) - (08 Aug - 14 Aug 2010)

Participants from around the world gathered to review application and development of mathematics in relation to problems in the atmospheric, oceanic and climate sciences.

0234 - Mathematical Theory and Modelling in Atmosphere-Ocean-Science

[TB-2002-40] Workshop Report 2002,40 (2002) - (18 Aug - 24 Aug 2002)

0646a - Mathematical Theory of Water Waves

[OWR-2006-50] Workshop Report 2006,50 (2006) - (12 Nov - 18 Nov 2006)

The water-wave problem is the study of the two- and threedimensional irrotational flow of a perfect fluid bounded above by a free surface subject to the forces of gravity and surface tension. It is a paradigm for most ...

1929a - Mathematical Theory of Water Waves

[OWR-2019-32] Workshop Report 2019,32 (2019) - (14 Jul - 20 Jul 2019)

Water waves, that is waves on the surface of a fluid (or the interface between different fluids) are omnipresent phenomena. However, as Feynman wrote in his lecture, water waves that are easily seen by everyone, and which ...

1516a - Mathematical Theory of Water Waves

[OWR-2015-19] Workshop Report 2015,19 (2015) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2015)

The water-wave problem is the study of the two- and three-dimensional flow of a perfect fluid bounded above by a free surface subject to the forces of gravity and surface tension. From a mathematical viewpoint, the water-wave ...

1015 - Mathematics and Algorithms in Tomography

[OWR-2010-18] Workshop Report 2010,18 (2010) - (11 Apr - 17 Apr 2010)

This is the eighth Oberwolfach conference on the mathematics of tomography. Modalities represented at the workshop included X-ray tomography, sonar, radar, seismic imaging, ultrasound, electron microscopy, impedance imaging, ...

1433 - Mathematics and Algorithms in Tomography

[OWR-2014-37] Workshop Report 2014,37 (2014) - (10 Aug - 16 Aug 2014)

This was the ninth Oberwolfach conference on the mathematics of tomography. Modalities represented at the workshop included X-ray tomography, radar, seismic imaging, ultrasound, electron microscopy, impedance imaging, ...

2122 - Mathematics and its Ancient Classics Worldwide: Translations, Appropriations, Reconstructions, Roles (hybrid meeting)

[OWR-2021-26] Workshop Report 2021,26 (2021) - (30 May - 05 Jun 2021)

The workshop analyzes the constitution, recovery, and role of the classical texts in mathematical practice throughout history. It aims at problematizing the notion of "classic", to make it a historical category and to study ...

0419 - Mathematics and Physics of Disordered Systems

[OWR-2004-22] Workshop Report 2004,22 (2004) - (02 May - 08 May 2004)

0550 - Mathematics in the Physical Sciences, 1650-2000

[OWR-2005-56] Workshop Report 2005,56 (2005) - (11 Dec - 17 Dec 2005)

The workshop “Mathematics in the Physical Sciences, 1650-2000” was organised by Niccolò Guicciardini (Siena), Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (Roskilde), and David Rowe (Mainz). By focusing on the interplay between mathematics and ...

0416 - Mathematics in the Supply Chain

[OWR-2004-19] Workshop Report 2004,19 (2004) - (11 Apr - 17 Apr 2004)

1450 - Mathematics in Undergraduate Study Programs: Challenges for Research and for the Dialogue between Mathematics and Didactics of Mathematics

[OWR-2014-56] Workshop Report 2014,56 (2014) - (07 Dec - 13 Dec 2014)

The topic of undergraduate mathematics is of considerable concern for mathematicians in universities, but also for those teaching mathematics as part of undergraduate studies other than mathematics, for employers seeking ...