Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 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, ...

    • 0704 - Trends in Mathematical Imaging and Surface Processing 

      [OWR-2007-3] Workshop Report 2007,3 (2007) - (21 Jan - 27 Jan 2007)
      Motivated both by industrial applications and the challenge of new problems, one observes an increasing interest in the field of image and surface processing over the last years. It has become clear that even though the ...

    • 0703 - Model Theory and Groups 

      [OWR-2007-2] Workshop Report 2007,2 (2007) - (14 Jan - 20 Jan 2007)
      The aim of the workshop was to discuss the connections between model theory and group theory. Main topics have been the interaction between geometric group theory and model theory, the study of the asymptotic behaviour of ...

    • 0702 - Affine Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2007-1] Workshop Report 2007,1 (2007) - (07 Jan - 13 Jan 2007)
      Affine geometry deals with algebro-geometric questions of affine varieties that are treated with methods coming from various areas of mathematics like commutative and non-commutative algebra, algebraic, complex analytic and ...

    • 0651 - Konvexgeometrie 

      [OWR-2006-56] Workshop Report 2006,56 (2006) - (17 Dec - 23 Dec 2006)
      The geometry of convex domains in Euclidean space plays a central role in several branches of mathematics: functional and harmonic analysis, the theory of PDE, linear programming and, increasingly, in the study of other ...

    • 0650 - Infinite Dimensional Lie Theory 

      [OWR-2006-55] Workshop Report 2006,55 (2006) - (10 Dec - 16 Dec 2006)
      The workshop focussed on recent developments in infinite-dimensional Lie theory. The talks covered a broad range of topics, such as structure and classification theory of infinite-dimensional Lie algebras, geometry of ...

    • 0649 - Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems 

      [OWR-2006-54] Workshop Report 2006,54 (2006) - (03 Dec - 09 Dec 2006)
      The topic of this meeting were non-linear partial differential and integro-differential equations (in particular kinetic equations and their macroscopic/fluid-dynamical limits) modeling the dynamics of many-particle systems ...

    • 0648c - Mini-Workshop: Dirac Operators in Differential and Noncommutative Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-53] Workshop Report 2006,53 (2006) - (26 Nov - 02 Dec 2006)
      Abstract. This mini-workshop brought together mathematicians and physicists working either on classical or on noncommutative differential geometry. Our aim was to show current interests, methods and results within each ...

    • 0648b - Mini-Workshop: Logic, Combinatorics and Independence Results 

      [OWR-2006-52] Workshop Report 2006,52 (2006) - (26 Nov - 02 Dec 2006)
      This is a collection of extended abstracts of a mini-workshop “Logic, Combinatorics and Independence results” that took place on November 25 – December 2, 2006 in Oberwolfach. The mini-workshop was attended by 16 researchers ...

    • 0648a - Mini-Workshop: Statistical Methods for Inverse Problems 

      [OWR-2006-51] Workshop Report 2006,51 (2006) - (26 Nov - 02 Dec 2006)
      Inverse problems appear naturally in a broad range of applications. Numerical analysis and statistics have – often independently – developed methods for regularisation and inversion. The aim of this mini-workshop is to ...