Browsing Oberwolfach Reports by MSC "70"

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    • 1133 - Applied Dynamics and Geometric Mechanics 

      [OWR-2011-39] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 1041 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Topological Robotics 

      [OWR-2010-47] Workshop Report 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 ...

    • 0818 - Atomistic Models of Materials: Mathematical Challenges 

      [OWR-2008-21] Workshop Report 2008,21 (2008) - (27 Apr - 03 May 2008)
      The contributions in this report, written by leading mathematicians and materials scientists, summarize recent progress and main mathematical challenges in the exciting and fast growing interdisciplinary field of atomistic ...

    • 0925 - Computational Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2009-29] Workshop Report 2009,29 (2009) - (14 Jun - 20 Jun 2009)
      Computational Multiscale Methods play an important role in many modern computer simulations in material sciences with different time scales and different scales in space. Besides various computational challenges, the meeting ...

    • 1931 - Computational Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2019-35] Workshop Report 2019,35 (2019) - (28 Jul - 03 Aug 2019)
      Many physical processes in material sciences or geophysics are characterized by inherently complex interactions across a large range of non-separable scales in space and time. The resolution of all features on all scales ...

    • 1426 - Computational Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2014-30] Workshop Report 2014,30 (2014) - (22 Jun - 28 Jun 2014)
      Almost all processes in engineering and the sciences are characterised by the complicated relation of features on a large range of nonseparable spatial and time scales. The workshop concerned the computer-aided simulation ...

    • 1039 - Deformation Methods in Mathematics and Physics 

      [OWR-2010-43] Workshop Report 2010,43 (2010) - (26 Sep - 01 Oct 2010)
      Deformations of mathematical structures play an important role in most parts of mathematics but also in theoretical physics. In this interdisciplinary workshop, different aspects of deformations and their applications were ...

    • 0603 - Deformations and Contractions in Mathematics and Physics 

      [OWR-2006-3] Workshop Report 2006,3 (2006) - (15 Jan - 21 Jan 2006)
      Deformations of mathematical structures are not only important in most parts of mathematics but also to a large extend in physics. Contractions are in some respect dual to deformations. The workshop brought together world ...

    • 1728 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2017-32] Workshop Report 2017,32 (2017) - (09 Jul - 15 Jul 2017)
      This workshop continued the biannual series at Oberwolfach on Dynamical Systems that started as the “Moser–Zehnder meeting” in 1981. The main themes of the workshop are the new results and developments in the area of ...

    • 2328 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2023-30] Workshop Report 2023,30 (2023) - (09 Jul - 14 Jul 2023)
      This workshop continues a series of workshops whose current format originated in 1981 under then-organizers Moser and Zehnder, and whose latest iteration took place in July 2023. The general goal of this series of workshops ...

    • 1531 - Interplay of Analysis and Probability in Applied Mathematics 

      [OWR-2015-35] Workshop Report 2015,35 (2015) - (26 Jul - 01 Aug 2015)
      This workshop brought together analysts and probabilists working on problems at some of the many interfaces of these two fields. Most of the problems discussed during the meeting have their origin in physics or chemistry. ...

    • 1204 - Interplay of Analysis and Probability in Physics 

      [OWR-2012-6] Workshop Report 2012,6 (2012) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2012)
      The main purpose of this workshop was to foster interaction between researchers in the fields of analysis and probability with the aim of joining forces to understand difficult problems from physics rigorously. 52 researchers ...

    • 0849 - Interplay of Analysis and Probability in Physics 

      [OWR-2008-55] Workshop Report 2008,55 (2008) - (30 Nov - 06 Dec 2008)
      It is widely recognised that stochastic effects need to be included in the modelling of many physical systems, while reciprocally the sciences provide a challenging potential area of application of stochastic processes. ...

    • 1729 - Material Theories 

      [OWR-2017-33] Workshop Report 2017,33 (2017) - (16 Jul - 22 Jul 2017)
      Material theories is a series of workshops concerned with a broad range of topics related to the mechanics and mathematics of materials. As such, this edition brought together researchers from diverse fields converging ...

    • 1910b - Mini-Workshop: Lorentz Gas Dynamics: particle systems and scaling limits 

      [OWR-2019-10] Workshop Report 2019,10 (2019) - (03 Mar - 09 Mar 2019)
      This workshop had the aim to bring together leading experts from different fields, i.e. interacting particle systems, dynamical systems and kinetic theory, to consider questions related to the dynamics of the Lorentz gas ...

    • 1103b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Analysis for Peridynamics 

      [OWR-2011-4] Workshop Report 2011,4 (2011) - (16 Jan - 22 Jan 2011)
      A mathematical analysis for peridynamics, a nonlocal elastic theory, is the subject of the mini-workshop. Peridynamics is a novel multiscale mechanical model where the canonical divergence of the stress tensor is replaced ...

    • 1644b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Magnetoelastic Materials 

      [OWR-2016-51] Workshop Report 2016,51 (2016) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2016)
      The unifying theme of the workshop was the mathematical modeling, analysis, and numerical simulation of materials which involve magnetic and elastic interactions. During the workshop we identified several open problems ...

    • 0707a - Mini-Workshop: Multiscale and Variational Methods in Material Science and Quantum Theory of Solids 

      [OWR-2007-6] Workshop Report 2007,6 (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      This workshop brought together 18 scientists from three different mathematical communities: (i) random Schrödinger operators, (ii) quantum mechanics of interacting atoms, and (iii) mathematical materials science. Several ...

    • 2048c - Mini-Workshop: Nonlocal Analysis and the Geometry of Embeddings (hybrid meeting) 

      [OWR-2020-37] Workshop Report 2020,37 (2020) - (22 Nov - 28 Nov 2020)
      Both self-avoidance and self-contact of geometric objects can be modeled using repulsive energies that separate isotopy classes. Giving rise to nonlocal operators, they are interesting objects in their own right. Moreover, ...

    • 1307a - Mini-Workshop: Numerical Upscaling for Media with Deterministic and Stochastic Heterogeneity 

      [OWR-2013-7] Workshop Report 2013,7 (2013) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2013)
      This minisymposium was third in series of similar events, after two very successful meetings in 2005 and 2009. The aim was to provide a forum for an extensive discussion on the theoretical aspects and on the areas of ...