• 0518b - Mini-Workshop: Aspects of Ricci-Flow 

      [OWR-2005-21] Workshop Report 2005,21 (2005) - (01 May - 07 May 2005)
      The workshop studies Hamilton-Ricciflow of Riemannian metrics on 3-manifolds. The participants give detailed technical lectures on recent work of G. Perelman concerning a priori estimates and surgeries during the flow. The ...
    • 0530 - Partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2005-33] Workshop Report 2005,33 (2005) - (24 Jul - 30 Jul 2005)
      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 measure theory, conformal ...
    • 0538 - Analysis and Quantum Theory 

      [OWR-2005-44] Workshop Report 2005,44 (2005) - (18 Sep - 24 Sep 2005)
      The MFO-Workshop 0538 Analysis and Quantum Theory focussed on problems in mathematical physics, especially those connected to quantum field theory. Several theoretical physicists introduced a mostly mathematically oriented ...
    • 0535 - C*-Algebren 

      [OWR-2005-41] Workshop Report 2005,41 (2005) - (28 Aug - 03 Sep 2005)
    • 0536 - Cohomology of Finite Groups: Interactions and Applications 

      [OWR-2005-42] Workshop Report 2005,42 (2005) - (04 Sep - 10 Sep 2005)
      This is a report on a meeting on interactions and applications of the cohomology of finite groups. Besides several talks on the cohomology of finite groups there were talks on related subjects, in particular on the cohomology ...
    • 0519 - Stochastic Analysis and Non-Classical Random Processes 

      [OWR-2005-23] Workshop Report 2005,23 (2005) - (08 May - 14 May 2005)
      The workshop focused on recent developments in the theory of stochastic processes and flows, with special emphasis on emerging new classes of processes, as well as new objects whose limits are expected to coincide with ...
    • 0544 - Reactive Flow and Transport Through Complex Systems 

      [OWR-2005-49] Workshop Report 2005,49 (2005) - (30 Oct - 05 Nov 2005)
      The meeting focused on mathematical aspects of reactive flow, diffusion and transport through complex systems. The research interest of the participants varied from physical modeling using PDEs, mathematical modeling using ...
    • 0510 - Groups and Geometries 

      [OWR-2005-12] Workshop Report 2005,12 (2005) - (06 Mar - 12 Mar 2005)
      The workshop Groups and Geometries was one of a series of Oberwolfach workshops which takes place every 3 years. It focused on finite simple groups, Lie-type groups and their interactions with geometry.
    • 0508b - Mini-Workshop: Mathematical Methods and Models of Continuum Biomechanics 

      [OWR-2005-9] Workshop Report 2005,9 (2005) - (20 Feb - 26 Feb 2005)
      The workshop Mathematical Methods and Models of Continuum Biomechanics focused on skills and tools providing a rational approach for integrating data that reductionist and molecular approaches in modern biological and ...
    • 0529 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2005-32] Workshop Report 2005,32 (2005) - (17 Jul - 23 Jul 2005)
      These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics included modular forms, varieties over finite fields, rational and integral points on varieties, class groups, ...
    • 0521 - Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2005-24] Workshop Report 2005,24 (2005) - (22 May - 28 May 2005)
      The workshop Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen, organised by Randolph E. Bank (La Jolla), Wolfgang Hackbusch(Leipzig), Gabriel Wittum (Heidelberg) was held May 22nd - May 28th, 2005. This meeting was ...
    • 0548 - Heat Kernels, Stochastic Processes and Functional Inequalities 

      [OWR-2005-54] Workshop Report 2005,54 (2005) - (27 Nov - 03 Dec 2005)
      The conference brought together mathematicians belonging to several fields, essentially analysis, probability and geometry. One of the main unifying topics was certainly the study of heat kernels in various contexts: ...
    • 0518c - Mini-Workshop: Particle Systems with Several Conservation Laws: Fluctuations and Hydrodynamic Limit 

      [OWR-2005-22] Workshop Report 2005,22 (2005) - (01 May - 07 May 2005)
      The Mini-Workshop is concerned with the large-scale description of microscopic many-particle systems with two or more conservation laws. This is topic of common interest for statistical mechanics, probability theory and ...
    • 0527 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications to PDE 

      [OWR-2005-30] Workshop Report 2005,30 (2005) - (03 Jul - 09 Jul 2005)
      There have been important developments in the last few years in the point-of-view and methods of harmonic analysis, and at the same time significant concurrent progress in the application of these to partial differential ...
    • 0534b - Mathematical Population Genetics 

      [OWR-2005-40] Workshop Report 2005,40 (2005) - (21 Aug - 27 Aug 2005)
      The meeting was devoted to mathematical aspects of population genetics, a branch of theoretical biology that is concerned with the genetic structure of populations under the influence of various evolutionary processes such ...
    • 0550 - Mathematics in the Physical Sciences, 1650-2000 

      [OWR-2005-56] Workshop Report 2005,56 (2005) - (11 Dec - 17 Dec 2005)
      The workshop “Mathematics in the Physical Sciences, 1650-2000” was organised by Niccolò Guicciardini (Siena), Tinne Hoff Kjeldsen (Roskilde), and David Rowe (Mainz). By focusing on the interplay between mathematics and ...
    • 0524 - Geometric Topology and Connections with Quantum Field Theory 

      [OWR-2005-27] Workshop Report 2005,27 (2005) - (12 Jun - 18 Jun 2005)
      In recent years, the interplay between traditional geometric topology and theoretical physics, in particular quantum field theory, has played a significant role in the work of many researchers. The idea of this workshop ...
    • 0546b - Mini-Workshop: Analysis and Computation of Microstructures in Finite Plasticity 

      [OWR-2005-52] Workshop Report 2005,52 (2005) - (13 Nov - 19 Nov 2005)
      Plastic material behaviour is typically the result of the interaction of complex substructures on a microscopic scale. Common models of finite plasticity are based on macroscopic, phenomenological approaches and do not ...
    • 0537 - Arakelov Geometry 

      [OWR-2005-43] Workshop Report 2005,43 (2005) - (11 Sep - 17 Sep 2005)
      The workshop on Arakelov geometry was attended by 45 participants, many of them young researchers. In 19 talks an overview of recent developments in Arakelov geometry was given.
    • 0532 - Differentialgeometrie im Großen 

      [OWR-2005-35] Workshop Report 2005,35 (2005) - (07 Aug - 13 Aug 2005)
      The meeting continued the biannual conference series Differentialgeometrie im Großen at the MFO which was established in the 60’s by Klingenberg and Chern. While global Riemannian geometry with its connections to geometric ...