Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0718b - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2007-24] Workshop Report 2007,24 (2007) - (29 Apr - 05 May 2007)
      The theory of surfaces has undergone substantial changes in recent years, with many different active areas at this point in time. It has become mainstream to study minimal surfaces and constant mean curvature surfaces in ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0716 - Diophantische Approximationen 

      [OWR-2007-21] Workshop Report 2007,21 (2007) - (15 Apr - 21 Apr 2007)
      This Number Theoretic conference was focused on the following subjects: the Subspace Theorem and its ramifications and applications, heights of subvarieties of group varieties, effective methods for solution of diophantine ...

    • 0715a - Mini-Workshop: Shape Analysis for Eigenvalues 

      [OWR-2007-18] Workshop Report 2007,18 (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      The main goal of the meeting was to bring together two mathematical communities working on the shape analysis of eigenvalues by quite different methods. On the one hand explicit solutions to optimal shape problems for ...

    • 0715b - Mini-Workshop: Geometric Measure Theoretic Approaches to Potentials on Fractals and Manifolds 

      [OWR-2007-19] Workshop Report 2007,19 (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      The workshop brought together researchers and graduate students from different areas of mathematics, such as analysis, probability theory, geometry, and number theory. The topics of joint interest were motivated by recent ...

    • 0715c - Mini-Workshop: Positional Games 

      [OWR-2007-20] Workshop Report 2007,20 (2007) - (08 Apr - 14 Apr 2007)
      Positional games is one of rapidly developing subjects of modern combinatorics, researching two player perfect information games of combinatorial nature, ranging from recreational games like Tic-Tac-Toe to purely abstract ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0713 - Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2007-16] Workshop Report 2007,16 (2007) - (25 Mar - 31 Mar 2007)
      This week broadly targeted both finite and infinite graph theory, as well as matroids, including their interaction with other areas of pure mathematics. The talks were complemented by informal workshops focussing on specific ...

    • 0712 - Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods in Econometrics 

      [OWR-2007-15] Workshop Report 2007,15 (2007) - (18 Mar - 24 Mar 2007)
      The main objective of this workshop was to bring together mathematical statisticians and econometricians who work in the field of nonparametric and semiparametric statistical methods. Nonparametric and semiparametric methods ...

    • 0711 - Reelle Algebraische Geometrie 

      [OWR-2007-14] Workshop Report 2007,14 (2007) - (11 Mar - 17 Mar 2007)
      This workshop was organized by Michel Coste (Rennes), Claus Scheiderer (Konstanz) and Niels Schwartz (Passau). The talks focussed on recent developments in real enumerative and tropical geometry, positivity and sums of ...

    • 0710b - Inverse Problems in Wave Scattering 

      [OWR-2007-13] Workshop Report 2007,13 (2007) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2007)
      The workshop treated inverse problems for partial differential equations, especially inverse scattering problems, and their applications in technology. While special attention was paid to sampling methods, decomposition ...

    • 0710a - Transport in Multi-Dimensional Random Schrödinger Operators 

      [OWR-2007-12] Workshop Report 2007,12 (2007) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2007)
      Random Schrödinger operators are a topic of common interest in Mathematical Physics that connects to both Functional Analysis and Probability theory. It is believed in Physics that these operators possess a spectral regime ...

    • 0709 - Analysis and Numerics for Rate-Independent Processes 

      [OWR-2007-11] Workshop Report 2007,11 (2007) - (25 Feb - 03 Mar 2007)
      This conference brought together the mathematicians and engineers concerned with the study of rate-independent processes. The topics involved the physical and mechanical modeling, the analytical treatment as well as the ...

    • 0708a - Normal Families and Complex Dynamics 

      [OWR-2007-9] Workshop Report 2007,9 (2007) - (18 Feb - 24 Feb 2007)
      The schedule comprised more than 25 ordinary and problem session talks from a broad range of areas in function theory, including but not limited to: Nevanlinna theory, iteration of rational functions, dynamics of transcendental ...

    • 0708b - Recent Developments in Financial and Insurance Mathematics and the Interplay with the Industry 

      [OWR-2007-10] Workshop Report 2007,10 (2007) - (18 Feb - 24 Feb 2007)
      The workshop brought together leading experts from all over the world to exchange and discuss the latest developments in mathematical finance and actuarial mathematics. Researchers from the industry had the opportunity to ...

    • 0707c - Mini-Workshop: Control of Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2007-8] Workshop Report 2007,8 (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      The field of the mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear pdes involving interfaces and free boundaries is a burgeoning area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical models in material ...

    • 0707b - Mini-Workshop: Levy Processes and Related Topics in Modelling 

      [OWR-2007-7] Workshop Report 2007,7 (2007) - (11 Feb - 17 Feb 2007)
      The focus of the meeting was on recent ongoing research and new ideas in the area of infinite divisibility and Lévy processes, with particular view to realistic modelling. As regards more applied aspects, work in mathematical ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0706 - Computational Electromagnetism and Acoustics 

      [OWR-2007-5] Workshop Report 2007,5 (2007) - (04 Feb - 10 Feb 2007)
      It is a moot point to stress the significance of accurate and fast numerical methods for the simulation of electromagnetic fields and sound propagation for modern technology. This has triggered a surge of research in ...

    • 0705 - Geometric and Topological Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2007-4] Workshop Report 2007,4 (2007) - (28 Jan - 03 Feb 2007)
      The 2007 Oberwolfach meeting “Geometric and Topological Combinatorics” presented a great variety of investigations where topological and algebraic methods are brought into play to solve combinatorial and geometric problems, ...