Browsing Oberwolfach Reports by Title

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    • 0812 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management 

      [OWR-2008-15] Workshop Report 2008,15 (2008) - (16 Mar - 22 Mar 2008)

    • 1809 - The Mathematics of Mechanobiology and Cell Signaling 

      [OWR-2018-8] Workshop Report 2018,8 (2018) - (25 Feb - 03 Mar 2018)
      The workshop focussed on the mathematical modeling and analysis of the mutual interaction among living cells, their interaction with the environment, and the resulting morphogenetic processes. The interplay of bio-mechanical ...

    • 1111 - The Renormalization Group 

      [OWR-2011-15] Workshop Report 2011,15 (2011) - (13 Mar - 19 Mar 2011)
      Invented as a multiscale approach to the theory of critical phenomena, the renormalization group has become a powerful mathematical tool in the analysis of infinite-dimensional systems. Its applications range from classical ...

    • 1621 - The Renormalization Group 

      [OWR-2016-26] Workshop Report 2016,26 (2016) - (22 May - 28 May 2016)
      The renormalization group was originally introduced as a multiscale approach to quantum field theory and the theory of critical phenomena, explaining in particular the universality observed e.g. in critical exponents. Since ...

    • 2229 - The Renormalization Group 

      [OWR-2022-33] Workshop Report 2022,33 (2022) - (17 Jul - 23 Jul 2022)
      The renormalization group was originally introduced as a multiscale approach to quantum field theory and the theory of critical phenomena, explaining in particular the universality observed e.g. in critical exponents. ...

    • 0615 - The Rigorous Renormalization Group 

      [OWR-2006-17] Workshop Report 2006,17 (2006) - (09 Apr - 15 Apr 2006)
      The renormalization group is a mathematical tool used in the analysis of systems with infinitely many degrees of freedom associated with length scales. The workshop presents recent work in this domain concerning probability ...

    • 1208a - Theory and Applications of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods 

      [OWR-2012-10] Workshop Report 2012,10 (2012) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2012)
      The workshop was organized by Susanne C. Brenner (Louisiana State University), Ronald Hoppe (University of Houston, Augsburg University) and Béatrice Rivière (Rice University). There were twenty-one lectures. The meeting ...

    • 1638b - Theory and Numerics of Inverse Scattering Problems 

      [OWR-2016-45] Workshop Report 2016,45 (2016) - (18 Sep - 24 Sep 2016)
      This workshop addressed specific inverse problems for the time-harmonic Maxwell’s equations, resp. special cases of these, such as the Helmholtz equation or quasistatic approximations like in impedance tomography. The ...

    • 0439 - Theory of the Riemann Zeta and Allied Functions 

      [OWR-2004-46] Workshop Report 2004,46 (2004) - (19 Sep - 25 Sep 2004)

    • 0451 - Thermodynamische Materialtheorien 

      [OWR-2004-55] Workshop Report 2004,55 (2004) - (12 Dec - 18 Dec 2004)
      The meeting was focused on research in the broad field of thermodynamic constitutive theories. It provided a contact between physicists, engineers and mathematicians, whose talks led to lively and interesting discussions. ...

    • 2318 - Tomographic Inverse Problems: Mathematical Challenges and Novel Applications 

      [OWR-2023-21] Workshop Report 2023,21 (2023) - (30 Apr - 05 May 2023)
      This workshop brought together researchers working on mathematical problems related to tomography, with a particular emphasis on novel applications and associated mathematical challenges. Examples of respective issues ...

    • 1905 - Tomographic Inverse Problems: Theory and Applications 

      [OWR-2019-4] Workshop Report 2019,4 (2019) - (27 Jan - 02 Feb 2019)
      This was the tenth Oberwolfach conference on the mathematics of tomography. The field rests on the interplay between the theoretical and applied; practical questions lead to new mathematics and pure mathematics motivates ...

    • 1106 - Topological and Geometric Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2011-8] Workshop Report 2011,8 (2011) - (06 Feb - 12 Feb 2011)
      The 2011 Oberwolfach meeting “Topological and Geometric Combinatorics” was organized by Anders Björner (Stockholm), Gil Kalai (Jerusalem), Isabella Novik (Seattle), and Günter M. Ziegler (Berlin). It covered a wide variety ...

    • 0617 - Topological and Geometric Methods in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2006-19] Workshop Report 2006,19 (2006) - (23 Apr - 29 Apr 2006)
      The focus of this meeting was the use of topological and geometric methods to study infinite discrete groups. These methods are increasingly being supplemented by powerful new techniques from analysis. Key topics included ...

    • 2037a - Topological and Smooth Dynamics on Surfaces (individual research only) 

      [OWR-2020-27] Workshop Report 2020,27 (2020) - (06 Sep - 12 Sep 2020)
      Because of the pandemia, the workshop on "Topological and Smooth Dynamics on Surfaces" could not be realized in the usual format or in the new hybrid format. Instead, a subgroup of 3 participants used the week mostly ...

    • 0526 - Topological and Variational Methods for Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2005-29] Workshop Report 2005,29 (2005) - (26 Jun - 02 Jul 2005)
      These notes contain the extended abstracts of the talks presented at the workshop. The range of topics includes nonlinear Schrödinger equations, singularly perturbed equations, symmetry and nodal properties of solutions, ...

    • 0921 - Topological and Variational Methods for Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2009-26] Workshop Report 2009,26 (2009) - (17 May - 23 May 2009)
      In recent years, there has been a major impact of topological and variational methods on the study of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. In particular, surprising results for classical open ...

    • 1607a - Topological Recursion and TQFTs 

      [OWR-2016-9] Workshop Report 2016,9 (2016) - (14 Feb - 20 Feb 2016)
      The topological recursion is an ubiquitous structure in enumerative geometry of surfaces and topological quantum field theories. Since its invention in the context of matrix models, it has been found or conjectured to ...

    • 0638 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2006-43] Workshop Report 2006,43 (2006) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2006)
      The participants in this conference covered all areas of algebraic and geometric topology. The talks covered a wide range of recent developments, such as the Farrell-Jones conjecture, knot theory, geometric group theory, ...

    • 1038 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2010-42] Workshop Report 2010,42 (2010) - (19 Sep - 25 Sep 2010)
      This conference is one of the few occasions where researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology are able to meet and exchange ideas. Accordingly, the program covered a wide range of new developments ...