Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0920 - Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups 

      [OWR-2009-25] Workshop Report 2009,25 (2009) - (10 May - 16 May 2009)
      Topics discussed at the workshop Quadratic forms and linear algebraic groups included besides the algebraic theory of quadratic and Hermitian forms and their Witt groups several aspects of the theory of linear algebraic ...

    • 0919 - Mathematical Biology 

      [OWR-2009-24] Workshop Report 2009,24 (2009) - (03 May - 09 May 2009)
      Mathematical biology is a fast growing field of research, which on one hand side faces challenges resulting from the enormous amount of data provided by experimentalists in the recent years, on the other hand new mathematical ...

    • 0918 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2009-23] Workshop Report 2009,23 (2009) - (26 Apr - 02 May 2009)
      The effective application of probabilistic reasoning in the study of problems in diverse areas is one of the most exciting recent developments in Mathematics. Probabilistic methods turned out to be very powerful in Discrete ...

    • 0917 - Kommutative Algebra 

      [OWR-2009-22] Workshop Report 2009,22 (2009) - (19 Apr - 25 Apr 2009)
      The workshop brought together researchers on various areas of Commutative Algebra. New results in combinatorial commutative algebra, homological methods and invariants, characteristic p-methods, and in general commutative ...

    • 0916 - Multiplier Ideal Sheaves in Algebraic and Complex Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-21] Workshop Report 2009,21 (2009) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2009)
      The workshop Multiplier Ideal Sheaves in Algebraic and Complex Geometry, organised by Stefan Kebekus (Freiburg), Mihai Paun (Nancy), Georg Schumacher (Marburg) and Yum-Tong Siu (Cambridge MA) was held April 12th – April ...

    • 0915b - Hilbert Modules and Complex Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-20] Workshop Report 2009,20 (2009) - (05 Apr - 11 Apr 2009)
      The major topics discussed in this workshop were Hilbert modules of analytic functions on domains in ℂn, Toeplitz and Hankel operators, the interplay of commutative algebra, complex analytic geometry and multivariable ...

    • 0915a - Homotopy Theory of Function Spaces and Related Topics 

      [OWR-2009-19] Workshop Report 2009,19 (2009) - (05 Apr - 11 Apr 2009)
      This workshop brought together researchers studying a variety of problems related to the homotopy theory of function spaces. Topics covered included: evaluation maps and Gottlieb groups, the classification of gauge groups ...

    • 0914 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Optimal Transport and Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-18] Workshop Report 2009,18 (2009) - (29 Mar - 04 Apr 2009)
      This Arbeitsgemeinschaft was devoted to recent developments in optimal transport with emphasis on links and applications to geometry. The topics reached from the origin of optimal transport as a variational problem, where ...

    • 0913 - Representations of Finite Groups 

      [OWR-2009-17] Workshop Report 2009,17 (2009) - (22 Mar - 28 Mar 2009)
      The workshop Representations of Finite Groups was organised by Joseph Chuang (London), Markus Linckelmann (Aberdeen), Gunter Malle (Kaiserslautern) and Jeremy Rickard (Bristol). It covered a wide variety of aspects of the ...

    • 0912 - Sparse Recovery Problems in High Dimensions: Statistical Inference and Learning Theory 

      [OWR-2009-16] Workshop Report 2009,16 (2009) - (15 Mar - 21 Mar 2009)
      The statistical analysis of high dimensional data requires new techniques, extending results from nonparametric statistics, analysis, probability, approximation theory, and theoretical computer science. The main problem ...

    • 0911 - Enveloping Algebras and Geometric Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2009-15] Workshop Report 2009,15 (2009) - (08 Mar - 14 Mar 2009)
      The meeting brought together experts investigating Lie theory from the geometric, algebraic and combinatorial points of view to discuss recent progress and bring forward the research in this area by fostering scientific ...

    • 0910c - Mini-Workshop: Non-Negativity is a Quantum Phenomenon 

      [OWR-2009-14] Workshop Report 2009,14 (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)
      In recent publications, the same combinatorial description has arisen for three separate objects of interest: non-negative cells in the real grassmannian (Postnikov, Williams); torus orbits of symplectic leaves in the ...

    • 0910b - Mini-Workshop: The Pisot Conjecture - From Substitution Dynamical Systems to Rauzy Fractals and Meyer Sets 

      [OWR-2009-13] Workshop Report 2009,13 (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)
      This mini-workshop brought together researchers with diverse backgrounds and a common interest in facets of the Pisot conjecture, which relates certain properties of a substitution to dynamical properties of the associated ...

    • 0910a - Mini-Workshop: Numerical Upscaling for Flow Problems: Theory and Applications 

      [OWR-2009-12] Workshop Report 2009,12 (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)
      The objective of this workshop was to bring together researchers working in multiscale simulations with emphasis on multigrid methods and multiscale finite element methods, aiming at chieving of better understanding and ...

    • 0909 - Control Theory: On the Way to New Application Fields 

      [OWR-2009-11] Workshop Report 2009,11 (2009) - (22 Feb - 28 Feb 2009)
      Control theory is an interdisciplinary field that is located at the crossroads of pure and applied mathematics with systems engineering and the sciences. Recently, deep interactions are emerging with new application areas, ...

    • 0908b - Mini-Workshop: Product Systems and Independence in Quantum Dynamics 

      [OWR-2009-9] Workshop Report 2009,9 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      Quantum dynamics, both reversible (i.e., closed quantum systems) and irreversible (i.e., open quantum systems), gives rise to product systems of Hilbert spaces or, more generally, of Hilbert modules. When we consider ...

    • 0908a - Mini-Workshop: Category Theory and Related Fields: History and Prospects 

      [OWR-2009-8] Workshop Report 2009,8 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      The workshop concerned various topics in the history of category theory and related fields, paying attention to some extent also to open questions, present and possible future development.

    • 0908c - Mini-Workshop: Support Varieties 

      [OWR-2009-10] Workshop Report 2009,10 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      The notion of support is a fundamental concept which provides a geometric approach for studying various algebraic structures. The prototype for this has been Quillen’s description of the algebraic variety corresponding to ...

    • 0907b - Wave Motion 

      [OWR-2009-7] Workshop Report 2009,7 (2009) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2009)
      This workshop was devoted to recent progress in the mathematical study of water waves, with special emphasis on nonlinear phenomena. Both aspects related to the governing equations (free boundary Euler equations) as well ...

    • 0907a - Low Eigenvalues of Laplace and Schrödinger Operators 

      [OWR-2009-6] Workshop Report 2009,6 (2009) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2009)
      This workshop brought together researchers interested in eigenvalue problems for Laplace and Schr¨dinger operators. The main topics o of discussions and investigations covered Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalue problems, ...