Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0729 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2007-34] Workshop Report 2007,34 (2007) - (15 Jul - 21 Jul 2007)
      These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics includes asymptotics for field extensions and class numbers, random matrices and L-functions, rational points ...

    • 0728 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2007-33] Workshop Report 2007,33 (2007) - (08 Jul - 14 Jul 2007)
      This workshop continued the biannual series at Oberwolfach on Dynamical Systems that started as the “Moser & Zehnder meeting” in 1981. The main theme of the workshop were the new results and developments in the area of ...

    • 0727 - Differentialgeometrie im Grossen 

      [OWR-2007-32] Workshop Report 2007,32 (2007) - (01 Jul - 07 Jul 2007)
      Abstract. The meeting continued the biannual conference series Differentialgeometrie im Großen at the MFO which was established in the 60’s by Klingenberg and Chern. Global Riemannian geometry with its connections to ...

    • 0726 - Complexity Theory 

      [OWR-2007-31] Workshop Report 2007,31 (2007) - (24 Jun - 30 Jun 2007)
      Computational Complexity Theory is the mathematical study of the intrinsic power and limitations of computational resources like time, space, or randomness. The current workshop focused on recent developments. Connections ...

    • 0725 - Algebraische Zahlentheorie 

      [OWR-2007-30] Workshop Report 2007,30 (2007) - (17 Jun - 23 Jun 2007)
      The conference brought together researchers from Europe, the US and Japan who reported on various recent developments in algebraic number theory and related fields. As at previous meetings, a clear theme was the prevalence ...

    • 0724 - Adaptive Numerical Methods for PDEs 

      [OWR-2007-29] Workshop Report 2007,29 (2007) - (10 Jun - 16 Jun 2007)
      This collection contains the extended abstracts of the talks given at the Oberwolfach Conference on “Adaptive Numerical Methods for PDEs”, June 10th - June 16th, 2007. These talks covered various aspects of a posteriori ...

    • 0723 - Phase Transitions 

      [OWR-2007-28] Workshop Report 2007,28 (2007) - (03 Jun - 09 Jun 2007)
      As in the past, the workshop brought together researchers with a background in physics, partial differential equations and continuum mechanics and statistical mechanics. Equilibrium and dynamic phase transitions were ...

    • 0721 - Non-Classical Interacting Random Walks 

      [OWR-2007-27] Workshop Report 2007,27 (2007) - (20 May - 26 May 2007)
      The workshop focused on recent developments in the theory of random walks (RWs) in a broader sense. Among the models considered were RWs in random environment, RWs in random potential and random polymers, branching RWs, ...

    • 0720 - Arithmetic and Differential Galois Groups 

      [OWR-2007-26] Workshop Report 2007,26 (2007) - (13 May - 19 May 2007)
      Galois theory is the study of symmetries in solution spaces of polynomial and differential equations and more generally of the relation between automorphism groups (or group schemes respectively) and the structure of ...

    • 0719 - Algorithm Engineering 

      [OWR-2007-25] Workshop Report 2007,25 (2007) - (06 May - 12 May 2007)
      Algorithm Engineering is concerned with the design, theoretical analysis, implementation, and experimental evaluation of algorithms. It provides methodologies and tools for designing, developing and engineering efficient ...

    • 0718a - Poisson Geometry and Applications 

      [OWR-2007-23] Workshop Report 2007,23 (2007) - (29 Apr - 05 May 2007)
      This workshop concentrated on some of the major areas of Poisson geometry and its applications. Topics covered included moment maps, global Poisson geometry (Poisson-Lie groups, homogeneous spaces), Poisson topology ...

    • 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 ...