Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0608c - Mini-Workshop: On the Reception of Isaac Newton in Europe 

      [OWR-2006-10] Workshop Report 2006,10 (2006) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2006)
      A three-volume book on all aspects of the European reception of Isaac Newton’s work is in preparation, for publication in 2008 by Continuum Press (London). This workshop involved the important subset of contributors working ...

    • 0608b - Mini-Workshop: L2-Spectral Invariants and the Integrated Density of States 

      [OWR-2006-9] Workshop Report 2006,9 (2006) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2006)
      L2 -spectral invariants play an increasingly important role in the analysis of infinite geometric objects allowing for the action of a group. Typical such objects are covering spaces like Riemannian manifolds and graphs. ...

    • 0608a - Mini-Workshop: Thick Subcategories - Classifications and Applications 

      [OWR-2006-8] Workshop Report 2006,8 (2006) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2006)
      Thick subcategories of triangulated categories arise in various mathematical areas, for instance in algebraic geometry, in representation theory of groups and algebras, or in stable homotopy theory. The aim of this workshop ...

    • 0607 - Algorithmic Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2006-7] Workshop Report 2006,7 (2006) - (12 Feb - 18 Feb 2006)
      The main focus of this workshop was on mathematical techniques needed for the development of efficient solutions and algorithms for computationally difficult graph problems. The techniques studied at the workshhop included: ...

    • 0606 - The Arithmetic of Fields 

      [OWR-2006-6] Workshop Report 2006,6 (2006) - (05 Feb - 11 Feb 2006)
      This is the report on the Oberwolfach workshop The Arithmetic of Fields, held in February 2006. Field Arithmetic (MSC 12E30) is a branch of mathematics concerned with studying the inner structure (orderings, valuations, ...

    • 0605 - Convex and Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-5] Workshop Report 2006,5 (2006) - (29 Jan - 04 Feb 2006)
      The subjects of convex and algebraic geometry meet primarily in the theory of toric varieties. Toric geometry is the part of algebraic geometry where all maps are given by monomials in suitable coordinates, and all equations ...

    • 0604 - Mechanics of Materials 

      [OWR-2006-4] Workshop Report 2006,4 (2006) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2006)
      All up-to-date engineering applications of advanced multi-phase materials necessitate a concurrent design of materials (including composition, processing routes, microstructures and properties) with structural components. ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0602 - Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity 

      [OWR-2006-2] Workshop Report 2006,2 (2006) - (08 Jan - 14 Jan 2006)
      The conference covered mathematical general relativity. The Einstein equations, the key to the subject, can be split into constraints and evolution equations. Many of the talks at the conference concerned the constraints ...

    • 0601 - Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2006-1] Workshop Report 2006,1 (2006) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2006)
      This is the report on the Oberwolfach workshop on Combinatorics, held 1–7 January 2006. Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics studying families of mainly, but not exclusively, finite or countable structures – discrete ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0549 - Set Theory 

      [OWR-2005-55] Workshop Report 2005,55 (2005) - (04 Dec - 10 Dec 2005)
      This meeting covered all important aspects of modern Set Theory, including large cardinal theory, combinatorial set theory, descriptive set theory, connections with algebra and analysis, forcing axioms and inner model ...

    • 0548 - Heat Kernels, Stochastic Processes and Functional Inequalities 

      [OWR-2005-54] Workshop Report 2005,54 (2005) - (27 Nov - 03 Dec 2005)
      The conference brought together mathematicians belonging to several fields, essentially analysis, probability and geometry. One of the main unifying topics was certainly the study of heat kernels in various contexts: ...

    • 0546c - Mini-Workshop: Heterotic Strings, Derived Categories, and Stacks 

      [OWR-2005-53] Workshop Report 2005,53 (2005) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2005)
      This workshop brought together both mathematicians and physicists interested in mathematical aspects of heterotic strings and physical aspects of derived categories and stacks. These three topics in mathematics and physics ...

    • 0546a - Mini-Workshop: Dynamics of Cocycles and One-Dimensional Spectral Theory 

      [OWR-2005-51] Workshop Report 2005,51 (2005) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2005)
      Many spectral questions about one-dimensional Schrödinger operators with quasi-periodic potentials can be reduced to dynamical questions about certain quasi-periodic SL(2, R)-valued cocycles. This connection has recently ...

    • 0546b - Mini-Workshop: Analysis and Computation of Microstructures in Finite Plasticity 

      [OWR-2005-52] Workshop Report 2005,52 (2005) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2005)
      Plastic material behaviour is typically the result of the interaction of complex substructures on a microscopic scale. Common models of finite plasticity are based on macroscopic, phenomenological approaches and do not ...

    • 0545 - Combinatorial Optimization 

      [OWR-2005-50] Workshop Report 2005,50 (2005) - (06 Nov - 12 Nov 2005)
      This report summarizes the meeting on Combinatorial Optimization where new and promising developments in the field were discussed. The lectures show the many connections to other branches in Mathematics, like Combinatorics, ...

    • 0544 - Reactive Flow and Transport Through Complex Systems 

      [OWR-2005-49] Workshop Report 2005,49 (2005) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2005)
      The meeting focused on mathematical aspects of reactive flow, diffusion and transport through complex systems. The research interest of the participants varied from physical modeling using PDEs, mathematical modeling using ...

    • 0543a - Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Field Theory 

      [OWR-2005-48] Workshop Report 2005,48 (2005) - (23 Oct - 29 Oct 2005)
      The workshop gathered experts from both mathemematics and physics working on the interrelation of Noncommutative Geometry and Quantum Field Theory, which has become one of the central topics in mathematical physics over ...

    • 0542 - Statistische und Probabilistische Methoden der Modellwahl 

      [OWR-2005-47] Workshop Report 2005,47 (2005) - (16 Oct - 22 Oct 2005)
      Aim of this conference with more than 50 participants, was to bring together leading researchers from roughly three different scientific communities who work on the same issue, data based model selection. Their different ...