Browsing Oberwolfach Reports by MSC "20"

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    • 1036 - Actions and Invariants of Residually Finite Groups: Asymptotic Methods 

      [OWR-2010-40] Workshop Report 2010,40 (2010) - (05 Sep - 11 Sep 2010)
      The workshop brought together experts in finite group theory, L2-cohomology, measured group theory, the theory of lattices in Lie groups, probability and topology. The common object of interest was residually finite groups, ...

    • 1605 - Algebraic Cobordism and Projective Homogeneous Varieties 

      [OWR-2016-5] Workshop Report 2016,5 (2016) - (31 Jan - 06 Feb 2016)
      The aim of this workshop was to bring together researchers in the theory of projective homogeneous varieties with researchers working on cohomology theories of algebraic varieties, so that the latter can learn about the ...

    • 1315 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2013-17] Workshop Report 2013,17 (2013) - (07 Apr - 13 Apr 2013)
      Linear algebraic groups is an active research area in contemporary mathematics. It has rich connections to algebraic geometry, representation theory, algebraic combinatorics, number theory, algebraic topology, and differential ...

    • 1016 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2010-19] Workshop Report 2010,19 (2010) - (18 Apr - 24 Apr 2010)
      The workshop dealt with a broad range of topics from the structure theory and the representation theory of algebraic groups (in the widest sense). There was emphasis on the following areas: • classical and quantum cohomology ...

    • 0717 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2007-22] Workshop Report 2007,22 (2007) - (22 Apr - 28 Apr 2007)
      The workshop dealt with a broad range of topics from the structure theory and the representation theory of algebraic groups (in the widest sense). There was emphasis on the following areas: structure and classification of ...

    • 1717 - Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2017-21] Workshop Report 2017,21 (2017) - (23 Apr - 29 Apr 2017)
      Linear algebraic groups is an active research area in contemporary mathematics. It has rich connections to algebraic geometry, representation theory, algebraic combinatorics, number theory, algebraic topology, and differential ...

    • 2116 - Algebraic Groups (hybrid meeting) 

      [OWR-2021-20] Workshop Report 2021,20 (2021) - (18 Apr - 24 Apr 2021)
      Linear algebraic groups is an active research area in contempo- rary mathematics. It has rich connections to algebraic geometry, representa- tion theory, algebraic combinatorics, number theory, algebraic topology, ...

    • 0714 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Conformal Field Theory 

      [OWR-2007-17] Workshop Report 2007,17 (2007) - (01 Apr - 07 Apr 2007)
      The two major approaches to chiral conformal field theory – one based on operator algebras and one based on vertex algebras – both lead to representation categories which are tensor categories and, in the case of rational ...

    • 2214 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Geometric Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2022-18] Workshop Report 2022,18 (2022) - (03 Apr - 09 Apr 2022)
      Our understanding of algebraic representations of reductive algebraic groups in positive characteristic has seen big advances in the last years and has been largely transformed into the geometric theory of studying parity ...

    • 1414 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Superrigidity 

      [OWR-2014-16] Workshop Report 2014,16 (2014) - (30 Mar - 05 Apr 2014)
      The purpose of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to review old and new phenomenas of rigidity in mathematics. The broad spectrum of such results was covered, such as Margulis-Zimmer superrigidity, cocyle and character rigidity.

    • 0804 - Buildings: Interactions with Algebra and Geometry 

      [OWR-2008-3] Workshop Report 2008,3 (2008) - (20 Jan - 26 Jan 2008)
      The focus of the conference was on buildings and their applications. Buildings are combinatorial structures (metric cell complexes) which may be viewed as simultaneous generalizations of trees and projective spaces. There ...

    • 0834 - C*-Algebras 

      [OWR-2008-37] Workshop Report 2008,37 (2008) - (17 Aug - 23 Aug 2008)
      The theory of C*-algebras plays a major role in many areas of modern mathematics, like Non-commutative Geometry, Dynamical Systems, Harmonic Analysis, and Topology, to name a few. The aim of the conference “C*-algebras” ...

    • 1010 - C*-Algebren 

      [OWR-2010-13] Workshop Report 2010,13 (2010) - (07 Mar - 13 Mar 2010)
      The theory of C*-algebras plays a major role in many areas of modern mathematics, like Non-commutative Geometry, Dynamical Systems, Harmonic Analysis, and Topology, to name a few. The aim of the conference “C*-algebras” ...

    • 0535 - C*-Algebren 

      [OWR-2005-41] Workshop Report 2005,41 (2005) - (28 Aug - 03 Sep 2005)

    • 1335 - C*-Algebren 

      [OWR-2013-43] Workshop Report 2013,43 (2013) - (25 Aug - 31 Aug 2013)
      C*-algebras play an important role in many modern areas of mathematics, like Noncommutative Geometry and Topology, Dynamical Systems, Harmonic Analysis and others. The conference “C*-algebras” brings together leading experts ...

    • 2235 - Character Theory and Categorification 

      [OWR-2022-39] Workshop Report 2022,39 (2022) - (28 Aug - 03 Sep 2022)
      Over a hundred years after the work of Frobenius and Schur, the sheer enormity of what is not known about the character theory of symmetric and alternating groups continues to surprise and awe the uninitiated. How does ...

    • 1823b - Cohomological and Metric Properties of Groups of Homeomorphisms of R 

      [OWR-2018-26] Workshop Report 2018,26 (2018) - (03 Jun - 09 Jun 2018)
      In recent years, the family of groups sharing features or design principles with classical Thompson groups has grown considerably. The workshop highlights new developments in this field with special emphasis on algorithmic ...

    • 1519 - Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications 

      [OWR-2015-24] Workshop Report 2015,24 (2015) - (03 May - 09 May 2015)
      The cohomology of finite groups is an important tool in many subjects including representation theory and algebraic topology. This meeting was the fourth in a series that has emphasized the interactions of group cohomology ...

    • 1030 - Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications 

      [OWR-2010-32] Workshop Report 2010,32 (2010) - (25 Jul - 31 Jul 2010)
      The cohomology of finite groups is an important tool in many subjects including representation theory and algebraic topology. This meeting was the third in a series that has emphasized the interactions of group cohomology ...

    • 0536 - Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications 

      [OWR-2005-42] Workshop Report 2005,42 (2005) - (04 Sep - 10 Sep 2005)
      This is a report on a meeting on interactions and applications of the cohomology of finite groups. Besides several talks on the cohomology of finite groups there were talks on related subjects, in particular on the cohomology ...