Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 1449c - Mini-Workshop: Reflection Positivity in Representation Theory, Stochastics and Physics 

      [OWR-2014-55] Workshop Report 2014,55 (2014) - (30 Nov - 06 Dec 2014)
      The central focus of the workshop was reflection positivity, its occurrence in physics, representation theory, abstract harmonic analysis, and stochastic analysis. The program was intrinsically interdisciplinary and included ...

    • 1447 - Mathematical Logic: Proof theory, Constructive Mathematics 

      [OWR-2014-52] Workshop Report 2014,52 (2014) - (16 Nov - 22 Nov 2014)
      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

    • 1446 - Combinatorial Optimization 

      [OWR-2014-51] Workshop Report 2014,51 (2014) - (09 Nov - 15 Nov 2014)
      Combinatorial Optimization is an area of mathematics that thrives from a continual influx of new questions and problems from practice. Attacking these problems has required the development and combination of ideas and ...

    • 1445a - Probability, Trees and Algorithms 

      [OWR-2014-50] Workshop Report 2014,50 (2014) - (02 Nov - 08 Nov 2014)
      The subject of this workshop were probabilistic aspects of algorithms for fundamental problems such as sorting, searching, selecting of and within data, random permutations, algorithms based on combinatorial trees or search ...

    • 1444 - Valuation Theory and Its Applications 

      [OWR-2014-49] Workshop Report 2014,49 (2014) - (26 Oct - 01 Nov 2014)
      In recent years, the applications of valuation theory in several areas of mathematics have expanded dramatically. In this workshop, we presented applications related to algebraic geometry, number theory and model theory, ...

    • 1443 - Dirichlet Form Theory and its Applications 

      [OWR-2014-48] Workshop Report 2014,48 (2014) - (19 Oct - 25 Oct 2014)
      Theory of Dirichlet forms is one of the main achievements in modern probability theory. It provides a powerful connection between probabilistic and analytic potential theory. It is also an effective machinery for studying ...

    • 1441 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Totally Disconnected Groups 

      [OWR-2014-47] Workshop Report 2014,47 (2014) - (05 Oct - 10 Oct 2014)
      Locally compact groups are ubiquitous in the study of many continuous or discrete structures across geometry, analysis and algebra. Every locally compact group is an extension of a connected group by a totally disconnected ...

    • 1440a - Mini-Workshop: Asymptotic Statistics on Stratified Spaces 

      [OWR-2014-44] Workshop Report 2014,44 (2014) - (28 Sep - 04 Oct 2014)
      Statistical analysis of non-Euclidean data such as data on manifolds is an active and established topic of research, for instance, in the statistical analysis of shape. However, many types of data naturally reside in metric ...

    • 1440b - Mini-Workshop: Einstein Metrics, Ricci Solitons and Ricci Flow under Symmetry Assumptions 

      [OWR-2014-45] Workshop Report 2014,45 (2014) - (28 Sep - 04 Oct 2014)
      Symmetry reduction methods play an important role in the study of Einstein metrics, Ricci solitons and Ricci flow. The general aim of this mini workshop was to gather researchers who have expertise in the construction of ...

    • 1440c - Mini-Workshop: Differentiable Ergodic Theory, Dimension Theory and Stable Foliations 

      [OWR-2014-46] Workshop Report 2014,46 (2014) - (28 Sep - 04 Oct 2014)
      The mini-workshop Differentiable Ergodic Theory, Dimension Theory and Stable Foliations brought together experts in thermodynamical formalism, hyperbolic dynamics and dimension theory from several countries. The geographic ...

    • 1439 - Reactive Flows in Deformable, Complex Media 

      [OWR-2014-43] Workshop Report 2014,43 (2014) - (21 Sep - 27 Sep 2014)
      Many processes of highest actuality in the real life are described through systems of equations posed in complex domains. Of particular interest is the situation when the domain is variable, undergoing deformations that ...

    • 1438 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2014-42] Workshop Report 2014,42 (2014) - (14 Sep - 20 Sep 2014)
      The Oberwolfach conference “Topologie” is one of only a few opportunities for researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology to meet and exchange ideas. The program covered new developments in ...

    • 1437 - New Horizons in Statistical Decision Theory 

      [OWR-2014-41] Workshop Report 2014,41 (2014) - (07 Sep - 13 Sep 2014)
      The classical metric theory of statistical models (experiments) has recently been extended towards an asymptotic equivalence paradigm, allowing to classify and relate problems which are essentially infinite dimensional and ...

    • 1436 - Discrete Geometry 

      [OWR-2014-40] Workshop Report 2014,40 (2014) - (31 Aug - 06 Sep 2014)
      Several significant new developments have been reported in many branches of discrete geometry at the workshop. The area has strong connections to other fields of mathematics for instance topology, algebraic geometry, ...

    • 1435 - Komplexe Analysis 

      [OWR-2014-39] Workshop Report 2014,39 (2014) - (24 Aug - 30 Aug 2014)
      Complex Analysis is a very active branch of mathematics with applications in many other fields. The central aim of our workshop was to present recent results in several complex variables and complex geometry, and to survey ...

    • 1434 - Low-dimensional Topology and Number Theory 

      [OWR-2014-38] Workshop Report 2014,38 (2014) - (17 Aug - 23 Aug 2014)
      The workshop brought together topologists and number theorists with the intent of exploring the many tantalizing connections between these areas.

    • 1433 - Mathematics and Algorithms in Tomography 

      [OWR-2014-37] Workshop Report 2014,37 (2014) - (10 Aug - 16 Aug 2014)
      This was the ninth Oberwolfach conference on the mathematics of tomography. Modalities represented at the workshop included X-ray tomography, radar, seismic imaging, ultrasound, electron microscopy, impedance imaging, ...

    • 1432 - Analysis, Geometry and Topology of Positive Scalar Curvature Metrics 

      [OWR-2014-36] Workshop Report 2014,36 (2014) - (03 Aug - 09 Aug 2014)
      One of the fundamental problems in Riemannian geometry is to understand the relation of locally defined curvature invariants and global properties of smooth manifolds. This workshop was centered around the investigation ...

    • 1431 - Cryptography 

      [OWR-2014-35] Workshop Report 2014,35 (2014) - (27 Jul - 02 Aug 2014)
      The Oberwolfach workshop Cryptography brought together scientists from cryptography with mathematicians specializing in the algorithmic problems underlying cryptographic security. The goal of the workshop was to stimulate ...

    • 1430 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications 

      [OWR-2014-34] Workshop Report 2014,34 (2014) - (20 Jul - 26 Jul 2014)
      The workshop has focused on important developments within the last few years in the point of view and methods of real and harmonic Analysis as well as significant concurrent progress in the application of these to various ...