Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 1212 - Mechanics of Materials 

      [OWR-2012-15] Workshop Report 2012,15 (2012) - (18 Mar - 24 Mar 2012)
      The rapid advances of modern fabrications technologies require a thorough understanding of physical and mechanical properties of materials as influenced by their atomic composition, processing history and structure at the ...

    • 1211 - Frontiers in Nonparametric Statistics 

      [OWR-2012-14] Workshop Report 2012,14 (2012) - (11 Mar - 17 Mar 2012)
      The goal of this workshop was to discuss recent developments of nonparametric statistical inference. A particular focus was on high dimensional statistics, semiparametrics, adaptation, nonparametric bayesian statistics, ...

    • 1210 - Enveloping Algebras and Geometric Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2012-13] Workshop Report 2012,13 (2012) - (04 Mar - 10 Mar 2012)
      The workshop brought together experts investigating algebraic Lie theory from the geometric and combinatorial points of view.

    • 1209 - Control Theory: Mathematical Perspectives on Complex Networked Systems 

      [OWR-2012-12] Workshop Report 2012,12 (2012) - (26 Feb - 03 Mar 2012)
      Control theory is an interdisciplinary field that is located at the crossroads of pure and applied mathematics with systems engineering and the sciences. Its range of applicability and its techniques evolve rapidly with ...

    • 1208a - Theory and Applications of Discontinuous Galerkin Methods 

      [OWR-2012-10] Workshop Report 2012,10 (2012) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2012)
      The workshop was organized by Susanne C. Brenner (Louisiana State University), Ronald Hoppe (University of Houston, Augsburg University) and Béatrice Rivière (Rice University). There were twenty-one lectures. The meeting ...

    • 1208b - Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2012-11] Workshop Report 2012,11 (2012) - (19 Feb - 25 Feb 2012)
      This workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in different aspects of inverse problems for partial differential equations. Classical topics such as the inverse problems of impedance tomography and scattering theory ...

    • 1207 - Advanced Computational Engineering 

      [OWR-2012-9] Workshop Report 2012,9 (2012) - (12 Feb - 18 Feb 2012)
      The finite element method is the established simulation tool for the numerical solution of partial differential equations in many engineering problems with many mathematical developments such as mixed finite element methods ...

    • 1206 - Computability Theory 

      [OWR-2012-8] Workshop Report 2012,8 (2012) - (05 Feb - 11 Feb 2012)
      Computability is one of the fundamental notions of mathematics, trying to capture the effective content of mathematics. Starting from Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorem, it has now blossomed into a rich area with strong ...

    • 1205 - The Mathematics and Statistics of Quantitative Risk Management 

      [OWR-2012-7] Workshop Report 2012,7 (2012) - (29 Jan - 04 Feb 2012)
      It was the aim of this workshop to gather a multidisciplinary and international group of scientists at the forefront of research in areas related to the mathematics and statistics of quantitative risk management. The main ...

    • 1204 - Interplay of Analysis and Probability in Physics 

      [OWR-2012-6] Workshop Report 2012,6 (2012) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2012)
      The main purpose of this workshop was to foster interaction between researchers in the fields of analysis and probability with the aim of joining forces to understand difficult problems from physics rigorously. 52 researchers ...

    • 1203 - Recent Developments in the Numerics of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and their Use in Science and Engineering 

      [OWR-2012-5] Workshop Report 2012,5 (2012) - (15 Jan - 21 Jan 2012)
      Modern numerical methods for hyperbolic conservation laws rely on polynomials of high degree, mostly orthogonal polynomials, on triangular or quadrilateral meshes. Due to shocks stability is an issue and modern means of ...

    • 1202 - Explicit Versus Tacit Knowledge in Mathematics 

      [OWR-2012-4] Workshop Report 2012,4 (2012) - (08 Jan - 14 Jan 2012)
      This workshop aimed to bring together an international group of historians of mathematics to reflect upon the role played by tacit knowledge in doing mathematics at various times and places. The existence of tacit knowledge ...

    • 1201b - Mini-Workshop: Boundary Value Problems and Spectral Geometry 

      [OWR-2012-2] Workshop Report 2012,2 (2012) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2012)
      Boundary value problems and spectral geometry is an attractive and rapidly developing area in modern mathematical analysis. The interaction of PDE methods with concepts from operator theory and differential geometry is ...

    • 1201a - Mini-Workshop: Manifolds with Lower Curvature Bounds 

      [OWR-2012-1] Workshop Report 2012,1 (2012) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2012)
      The purpose of the meeting was to relate and study new developments in the geometry and topology of Riemannian manifolds with lower curvature bounds. Special emphasis was given to lower Ricci curvature bounds in the sense ...

    • 1201c - Mini-Workshop: Thermodynamic Formalism, Geometry and Stochastics 

      [OWR-2012-3] Workshop Report 2012,3 (2012) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2012)
      Thermodynamic formalism and all its branches and applications in conformal dynamics, probability theory, stochastics and fractal geometry represent highly important fields in modern Mathematics, which are currently very ...

    • 1150 - Stratified Spaces: Joining Analysis, Topology and Geometry 

      [OWR-2011-56] Workshop Report 2011,56 (2011) - (11 Dec - 17 Dec 2011)
      For manifolds, topological properties such as Poincaré duality and invariants such as the signature and characteristic classes, results and techniques from complex algebraic geometry such as the Hirzebruch-Riemann-Roch ...

    • 1149 - Variational Methods for Evolution 

      [OWR-2011-55] Workshop Report 2011,55 (2011) - (04 Dec - 10 Dec 2011)
      The meeting focused on the last advances in the applications of variational methods to evolution problems governed by partial differential equations. The talks covered a broad range of topics, including large deviation and ...

    • 1148 - Geometric Partial Differential Equations: Theory, Numerics and Applications 

      [OWR-2011-54] Workshop Report 2011,54 (2011) - (27 Nov - 03 Dec 2011)
      This workshop concentrated on partial differential equations involving stationary and evolving surfaces in which geometric quantities play a major role. Mutual interest in this emerging field stimulated the interaction ...

    • 1146 - Combinatorial Optimization 

      [OWR-2011-53] Workshop Report 2011,53 (2011) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2011)
      Combinatorial Optimization is a very active field that benefits from bringing together ideas from different areas, e.g., graph theory and combinatorics, matroids and submodularity, connectivity and network flows, approximation ...

    • 1145 - Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics 

      [OWR-2011-52] Workshop Report 2011,52 (2011) - (06 Nov - 12 Nov 2011)
      The workshop “Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics” was centered around proof-theoretic aspects of current mathematics, constructive mathematics and logical aspects of computational complexity.