Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 1324 - Hyperbolic Techniques for Phase Dynamics 

      [OWR-2013-29] Workshop Report 2013,29 (2013) - (09 Jun - 15 Jun 2013)
      The progress in the theory of hyperbolic conservation laws has always been and still is driven strongly by new fields of applications. The workshop addressed aspects of modelling, analysis and numerics for fundamental ...

    • 1323 - Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2013-28] Workshop Report 2013,28 (2013) - (02 Jun - 08 Jun 2013)
      The overall theme of the conference was geometric group theory, interpreted quite broadly. In general, geometric group theory seeks to understand algebraic properties of groups by studying their actions on spaces with ...

    • 1322 - Complex Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2013-27] Workshop Report 2013,27 (2013) - (26 May - 01 Jun 2013)
      The conference focused on several topics, classical and modern, in the classification theory of compact algebraic and Kähler varieties, and on several methods, from singularity theory, topology, homological algebra, Geometric ...

    • 1320b - Mini-Workshop: Constructive Homological Algebra with Applications to Coherent Sheaves and Control Theory 

      [OWR-2013-25] Workshop Report 2013,25 (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
      The main objective of this mini-workshop is to bring together recent developments in constructive homological algebra. There, the current state already reached a level of generality which allows simultaneous application ...

    • 1320c - Mini-Workshop: Localising and Tilting in Abelian and Triangulated Categories 

      [OWR-2013-26] Workshop Report 2013,26 (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
      The workshop brought together experts on localisation theory and tilting theory from different parts of mathematics with the aim of fully exploiting the power of some recent developments in so far rather independent contexts. ...

    • 1320a - Mini-Workshop: Spherical Varieties and Automorphic Representations 

      [OWR-2013-24] Workshop Report 2013,24 (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
      This workshop brought together, for the first time, experts on spherical varieties and experts on automorphic forms, in order to discuss subjects of common interest between the two fields. Spherical varieties have a very ...

    • 1319 - Heat Kernels, Stochastic Processes and Functional Inequalities 

      [OWR-2013-23] Workshop Report 2013,23 (2013) - (05 May - 11 May 2013)
      The general topic of the 2013 workshop Heat kernels, stochastic processes and functional inequalities was the study of linear and non-linear diffusions in geometric environments: finite and infinite-dimensional manifolds, ...

    • 1318b - Geometric Knot Theory 

      [OWR-2013-22] Workshop Report 2013,22 (2013) - (28 Apr - 04 May 2013)
      Geometric knot theory studies relations between geometric properties of a space curve and the knot type it represents. As examples, knotted curves have quadrisecant lines, and have more distortion and more total curvature ...

    • 1318a - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2013-21] Workshop Report 2013,21 (2013) - (28 Apr - 04 May 2013)
      Over the last 30 years global surface theory has become pivotal in the understanding of low dimensional global phenomena. At the same time surface geometry became a platform on which seemingly different areas of mathematics ...

    • 1317b - Extremes in Branching Random Walk and Branching Brownian Motion 

      [OWR-2013-20] Workshop Report 2013,20 (2013) - (21 Apr - 27 Apr 2013)
      Branching random walk (BRW) and branching Brownian motion (BBM) are mathematical models for population growth and spatial displacement. When resources are plentiful, population sizes grow exponentially in time. In such a ...

    • 1317a - Mathematical Statistics of Partially Identified Objects 

      [OWR-2013-19] Workshop Report 2013,19 (2013) - (21 Apr - 27 Apr 2013)
      The workshop brought together leading experts in mathematical statistics, theoretical econometrics and bio-mathematics interested in mathematical objects occurring in the analysis of partially identified structures. The ...

    • 1316 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2013-18] Workshop Report 2013,18 (2013) - (14 Apr - 20 Apr 2013)
      The main theme of this workshop was the use of probabilistic methods in combinatorics and theoretical computer science. Although these methods have been around for decades, they are being refined all the time: they are ...

    • 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 ...

    • 1314 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Limits of Structures 

      [OWR-2013-16] Workshop Report 2013,16 (2013) - (31 Mar - 05 Apr 2013)
      The goal of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft is to review current progress in the study of very large structures. The main emphasis is on the analytic approach that considers large structures as approximations of infinite analytic ...

    • 1313 - Interfaces and Free Boundaries: Analysis, Control and Simulation 

      [OWR-2013-15] Workshop Report 2013,15 (2013) - (24 Mar - 30 Mar 2013)
      The field of mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a flourishing area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical ...

    • 1312 - Interplay of Theory and Numerics for Deterministic and Stochastic Homogenization 

      [OWR-2013-14] Workshop Report 2013,14 (2013) - (17 Mar - 23 Mar 2013)
      The workshop has brought together experts in the broad field of partial differential equations with highly heterogeneous coefficients. Analysts and computational and applied mathematicians have shared results and ideas on ...

    • 1311 - Representations of Lie Groups and Supergroups 

      [OWR-2013-13] Workshop Report 2013,13 (2013) - (10 Mar - 16 Mar 2013)
      The workshop focussed on recent developments in the representation theory of group objects in several categories, mostly finite and infinite dimensional smooth manifolds and supermanifolds. The talks covered a broad range ...

    • 1310 - From "Mixed" to "Applied" Mathematics: Tracing an important dimension of mathematics and its history 

      [OWR-2013-12] Workshop Report 2013,12 (2013) - (03 Mar - 09 Mar 2013)
      The workshop investigated historical variations of the ways in which historically boundaries were drawn between ‘pure’ mathematics on the one hand and ‘mixed’ or ‘applied’ mathematics on the other from about 1500 until ...

    • 1309 - Structured Function Systems and Applications 

      [OWR-2013-11] Workshop Report 2013,11 (2013) - (24 Feb - 02 Mar 2013)
      Quite a few independent investigations have been devoted recently to the analysis and construction of structured function systems such as e.g. wavelet frames with compact support, Gabor frames, refinable functions in the ...

    • 1308 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 

      [OWR-2013-10] Workshop Report 2013,10 (2013) - (17 Feb - 23 Feb 2013)
      The workshop “Geophysical Fluid Dynamics” addressed recent advances in analytical, stochastic, modeling and computational studies of geophysical rotating fluids models. Of particular interest on the analytical and stochastic ...