Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0819 - Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology 

      [OWR-2008-22] Workshop Report 2008,22 (2008) - (04 May - 10 May 2008)
      The complex set of topics in that workshop originates from the classical algebraic low–dimensional topology and the influx of new invariants that began with the Jones polynomial in the 1980’s, that continued with the recent ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0817 - Groups and Geometries 

      [OWR-2008-20] Workshop Report 2008,20 (2008) - (20 Apr - 26 Apr 2008)
      This was one of series of Oberwolfach workshops on Groups and Geometries which has taken place every 3 years for some time. There were three main inter-related themes: buildings and their relationship with algebraic groups; ...

    • 0816 - Analysis of Boundary Element Methods 

      [OWR-2008-19] Workshop Report 2008,19 (2008) - (13 Apr - 19 Apr 2008)
      At this workshop challenging problems in boundary element research were addressed. Diverse topics from high frequency acoustics/electromagnetic scattering to time domain problems describing wave propagation were covered. ...

    • 0815 - Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics 

      [OWR-2008-18] Workshop Report 2008,18 (2008) - (06 Apr - 12 Apr 2008)
      The workshop “Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics” brought together a carefully selected group of mathematicians, computer scientists and logicians in other fields to discus the impact of proof-theoretic ...

    • 0814 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Julia Sets of Positive Measure 

      [OWR-2008-17] Workshop Report 2008,17 (2008) - (30 Mar - 05 Apr 2008)
      In this Arbeitsgemeinschaft, we presented the proof that there exist quadratic polynomials having a non-linearizable fixed point and a Julia set of positive Lebesgue measure.

    • 0813 - Disordered Systems: Random Schrödinger Operators and Random Matrices 

      [OWR-2008-16] Workshop Report 2008,16 (2008) - (23 Mar - 29 Mar 2008)
      The spectral analysis of random operators plays a central role for the understanding of quantum systems with disorder. Two distinct types of ensembles are of particular significance: Random Schrödinger operators and random ...

    • 0812 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management 

      [OWR-2008-15] Workshop Report 2008,15 (2008) - (16 Mar - 22 Mar 2008)
      Over the last 20 years risk management has become one of the more challenging tasks in the financial and insurance industries. With the current uncertainty in the financial institutions and markets, risk management is a ...

    • 0811 - Analytic Number Theory 

      [OWR-2008-14] Workshop Report 2008,14 (2008) - (09 Mar - 15 Mar 2008)
      The meeting on analytic number theory brings together leading experts from various active subbranches of the field, including L-functions, counting points on varieties by the circle method or geometric means, sieves, ...

    • 0810 - Optimal Control of Coupled Systems of PDE 

      [OWR-2008-13] Workshop Report 2008,13 (2008) - (02 Mar - 08 Mar 2008)
      Current research in the control of PDEs is focused on highly nonlinear coupled systems of partial differential equations that arise from diverse applications in engineering and science. Dealing with associated control ...

    • 0809b - Mini-Workshop: Hyperbolic Aspects of Phase Transition Dynamics 

      [OWR-2008-11] Workshop Report 2008,11 (2008) - (24 Feb - 01 Mar 2008)
      The subject of this mini-workshop concerned the analysis and numerical investigations of mathematical models for phase transitions. In particular recent results about the dynamics of liquid-vapor flows and the relevance ...

    • 0809c - Mini-Workshop: Time Series with Sudden Structural Changes 

      [OWR-2008-12] Workshop Report 2008,12 (2008) - (24 Feb - 01 Mar 2008)
      The workshop was concerned with models and tools for nonstationary time series, in particular for those which are piecewise stationary, but where the stochastic structure of the data generating process sometimes changes ...

    • 0809a - Mini-Workshop: The Mathematics of Electro-Active Smart Materials 

      [OWR-2008-10] Workshop Report 2008,10 (2008) - (24 Feb - 01 Mar 2008)
      Science and technology have produced amazing developments in the design of electronics and machinery using smart materials. Some everyday items are already incorporating smart materials as electro-rheological and ...

    • 0808 - Representation Theory of Finite Dimensional Algebras 

      [OWR-2008-9] Workshop Report 2008,9 (2008) - (17 Feb - 23 Feb 2008)
      Methods and results from the representation theory of finite dimensional algebras have led to many interactions with other areas of mathematics. Such areas include the theory of Lie algebras and quantum groups, commutative ...

    • 0807b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematics of Solvency 

      [OWR-2008-7] Workshop Report 2008,7 (2008) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2008)
      The discussion on solvency regulation for financial institutions, in particular the demand for appropriate risk measures, led to an axiomatic approach (coherent risk measures, Artzner et a. (2004)) which is now generally ...

    • 0807a - Mini-Workshop: Complex Approximation and Universality 

      [OWR-2008-6] Workshop Report 2008,6 (2008) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2008)
      The mini-workshop was devoted to the study of universality in connection with approximation theory in complex analysis and related notions within the framework of Banach spaces and various function spaces. Topics discussed ...

    • 0807c - Mini-Workshop: Attraction to Solitary Waves and Related Aspects of Physics 

      [OWR-2008-8] Workshop Report 2008,8 (2008) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2008)
      The aim of the miniworkshop is the discussion of the solitary wave asymptotics for nonlinear Hamiltonian partial differential equations and relation to mathematical problems of Quantum Physics. While the existence and ...

    • 0806 - Automorphic Forms, Geometry and Arithmetic 

      [OWR-2008-5] Workshop Report 2008,5 (2008) - (03 Feb - 09 Feb 2008)
      This meeting provided an overview of recent developments in the theory of automorphic forms and automorphic representations. In addition, new results in related areas including geometry, arithmetic geometry, moduli spaces, ...

    • 0805 - Stochastic Analysis in Finance and Insurance 

      [OWR-2008-4] Workshop Report 2008,4 (2008) - (27 Jan - 02 Feb 2008)
      This workshop brought together, from all over the world, leading experts and a large number of younger researchers in stochastic analysis and mathematical finance. During a very intense week, participants exchanged many ...

    • 0804 - Buildings: Interactions with Algebra and Geometry 

      [OWR-2008-3] Workshop Report 2008,3 (2008) - (20 Jan - 26 Jan 2008)
      The focus of the conference was on buildings and their applications. Buildings are combinatorial structures (metric cell complexes) which may be viewed as simultaneous generalizations of trees and projective spaces. There ...