Oberwolfach Reports: Recent submissions

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    • 0738 - Homotopy Theory 

      [OWR-2007-45] Workshop Report 2007,45 (2007) - (16 Sep - 22 Sep 2007)
      Algebraic topology in general and homotopy theory in particular is in an exciting period of growth and transformation, driven in part by strong interactions with algebraic geometry, mathematical physics, and representation ...

    • 0737 - Nonlinear Waves and Dispersive Equations 

      [OWR-2007-44] Workshop Report 2007,44 (2007) - (09 Sep - 15 Sep 2007)
      The aim of the workshop was to discuss current developments in nonlinear waves and dispersive equations from a PDE based view. Asymptotic properties of solutions (including multi soliton solutions und singular solutions), ...

    • 0736 - Noncommutative Geometry 

      [OWR-2007-43] Workshop Report 2007,43 (2007) - (02 Sep - 08 Sep 2007)
      Many of the various aspects of Noncommutative Geometry were represented in the talks. This includes in particular index theory on foliated spaces, a number of results on spectral triples, noncommutative manifolds and ...

    • 0735 - Large Scale Stochastic Dynamics 

      [OWR-2007-42] Workshop Report 2007,42 (2007) - (26 Aug - 01 Sep 2007)
      Equilibrium statistical mechanics studies random fields distributed according to a Gibbs probability measure. Such random fields can be equipped with a stochastic dynamics given by a Markov process with the correspondingly ...

    • 0734 - Analysis and Geometric Singularities 

      [OWR-2007-41] Workshop Report 2007,41 (2007) - (19 Aug - 25 Aug 2007)
      This workshop focused on several main areas of current research concerning analysis on singular and noncompact spaces. Topics included classical areas like spectral asymptotics, propagation of singularities and scattering ...

    • 0733a - Mini-Workshop: The Reception of the Work of Leonhard Euler (1707-1783) 

      [OWR-2007-38] Workshop Report 2007,38 (2007) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2007)
      2007 marked the tercentenary of the birth of Euler, famous as a major figure in mathematics. 16 scholars came together to discuss the influence of his work in some detail. The topics covered included not only pure but also ...

    • 0733b - Mini-Workshop: Projective Normality of Smooth Toric Varieties 

      [OWR-2007-39] Workshop Report 2007,39 (2007) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2007)
      The mini-workshop on ”Projective Normality of Smooth Toric Varieties” focused on the question of whether every projective embedding of a smooth toric variety is projectively normal. Equivalently, this question asks whether ...

    • 0733c - Mini-Workshop: Topology of closed one-forms and Cohomology Jumping Loci 

      [OWR-2007-40] Workshop Report 2007,40 (2007) - (12 Aug - 18 Aug 2007)
      The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers from the two different fields mentioned in the title, and to create more interaction and connections between these fields. Among the topics which appear in ...

    • 0732 - Permutation Groups 

      [OWR-2007-37] Workshop Report 2007,37 (2007) - (05 Aug - 11 Aug 2007)
      Abstract. The theory of permutation groups is essentially the theory of symmetry for mathematical and physical systems, and therefore has major impact in diverse areas of mathematics. Recent significant advances in permutation ...

    • 0731 - Wavelet and Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2007-36] Workshop Report 2007,36 (2007) - (29 Jul - 04 Aug 2007)
      Various scientific models demand finer and finer resolutions of relevant features. Paradoxically, increasing computational power serves to even heighten this demand. Namely, the wealth of available data itself becomes a ...

    • 0730 - Partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2007-35] Workshop Report 2007,35 (2007) - (22 Jul - 28 Jul 2007)
      The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, regularity of free ...

    • 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 ...