Browsing Workshops 2006 by Title

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    • 0629 - Algebraic K-Theory 

      [OWR-2006-32] Workshop Report 2006,32 (2006) - (16 Jul - 22 Jul 2006)
      This is the report on the Oberwolfach workshop Algebraic K-Theory, held in July 2006. The talks covered mainly topics from Algebraic Geometry and Number Theory in connection with K-Theory. Special emphasis was placed on ...

    • 0607 - Algorithmic Graph Theory 

      [OWR-2006-7] Workshop Report 2006,7 (2006) - (12 Feb - 18 Feb 2006)
      The main focus of this workshop was on mathematical techniques needed for the development of efficient solutions and algorithms for computationally difficult graph problems. The techniques studied at the workshhop included: ...

    • 0611 - Analysis and Topology in Interaction 

      [OWR-2006-13] Workshop Report 2006,13 (2006) - (12 Mar - 18 Mar 2006)
      This workshop brought together, on the one side, mathematicians working in areas of global analysis and index theory, which are related with problems in algebraic topology, and on the other side, specialists in fields like ...

    • 0625 - Applications of Asymptotic Analysis 

      [OWR-2006-28] Workshop Report 2006,28 (2006) - (18 Jun - 24 Jun 2006)
      This workshop focused on asymptotic analysis and its fundamental role in the derivation and understanding of the nonlinear structure of mathematical models in various fields of applications, its impact on the development ...

    • 0614 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit aktuellem Thema: Higher Torsion Invariants in Differential Topology and Algebraic K-Theory 

      [OWR-2006-16] Workshop Report 2006,16 (2006) - (02 Apr - 08 Apr 2006)
      The purpose of this Arbeitsgemeinschaft was to study and—as far as possible—compare three generalisations of the classical Franz-Reidemeister torsion to families E → B of manifolds. Dwyer, Weiss and Williams construct ...

    • 0641 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft mit aktuellem Thema: Twisted K-Theory 

      [OWR-2006-46] Workshop Report 2006,46 (2006) - (08 Oct - 14 Oct 2006)
      The “Arbeitsgemeinsschaft mit aktuellem Thema ‘Twisted K-Theory’ ” gave an introduction to several aspects of twisted K-theory. It started with a couple of different definitions of twisted K-theory, suitable in situations ...

    • 0628 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2006-31] Workshop Report 2006,31 (2006) - (09 Jul - 15 Jul 2006)
      Research in the Calculus of Variations has always been motivated by questions generated within the field itself as well as by problems arising in other areas of Mathematics, and applied sciences. The purpose of this meeting ...

    • 0624 - Classical Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-27] Workshop Report 2006,27 (2006) - (11 Jun - 17 Jun 2006)

    • 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 ...

    • 0601 - Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2006-1] Workshop Report 2006,1 (2006) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2006)
      This is the report on the Oberwolfach workshop on Combinatorics, held 1–7 January 2006. Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics studying families of mainly, but not exclusively, finite or countable structures – discrete ...

    • 0644 - Combinatorics, Probability and Computing 

      [OWR-2006-48] Workshop Report 2006,48 (2006) - (29 Oct - 04 Nov 2006)
      One of the exciting phenomena in mathematics in recent years has been the widespread and surprisingly effective use of probabilistic methods in diverse areas. The probabilistic point of view has turned out to be

    • 0627 - Computational Group Theory 

      [OWR-2006-30] Workshop Report 2006,30 (2006) - (02 Jul - 08 Jul 2006)
      This workshop on Computational Group Theory revealed the close connections between its main themes “finitely presented groups”, “permutation groups”, “matrix groups” and “representations of groups”. The meeting also presented ...

    • 0605 - Convex and Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-5] Workshop Report 2006,5 (2006) - (29 Jan - 04 Feb 2006)
      The subjects of convex and algebraic geometry meet primarily in the theory of toric varieties. Toric geometry is the part of algebraic geometry where all maps are given by monomials in suitable coordinates, and all equations ...

    • 0603 - Deformations and Contractions in Mathematics and Physics 

      [OWR-2006-3] Workshop Report 2006,3 (2006) - (15 Jan - 21 Jan 2006)
      Deformations of mathematical structures are not only important in most parts of mathematics but also to a large extend in physics. Contractions are in some respect dual to deformations. The workshop brought together world ...

    • 0616 - Differential-Algebraic Equations 

      [OWR-2006-18] Workshop Report 2006,18 (2006) - (16 Apr - 22 Apr 2006)
      Differential-Algebraic Equations (DAE) are today an independent field of research, which is gaining in importance and becoming of increasing interest for applications and mathematics itself. This workshop has drawn the ...

    • 0610 - Discrete Differential Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-12] Workshop Report 2006,12 (2006) - (05 Mar - 11 Mar 2006)
      Discrete Differential Geometry is a broad new area where differential geometry (studying smooth curves, surfaces and other manifolds) interacts with discrete geometry (studying polyhedral manifolds), using tools and ideas ...

    • 0632 - Four-dimensional Manifolds 

      [OWR-2006-35] Workshop Report 2006,35 (2006) - (06 Aug - 12 Aug 2006)
      This workshop has provided a broad panorama of recent developments in the study of topological, smooth, and symplectic 4-manifolds. Related invariants of knots and 3-manifolds were also discussed.

    • 0630 - Geometric Group Theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry 

      [OWR-2006-33] Workshop Report 2006,33 (2006) - (23 Jul - 29 Jul 2006)
      Geometric Group theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry are young and rapidly developing fields of mathematics. The scientific goal of the workshop was twofold: first, to present some recent breakthroughs, and, ...

    • 0612 - Geometric Numerical Integration 

      [OWR-2006-14] Workshop Report 2006,14 (2006) - (19 Mar - 25 Mar 2006)
      The subject of this workshop was numerical methods that preserve geometric properties of the flow of an ordinary or partial differential equation. This was complemented by the question as to how preserving the geometry ...

    • 0640 - Geometrie 

      [OWR-2006-45] Workshop Report 2006,45 (2006) - (01 Oct - 07 Oct 2006)
      The program covered a wide range of new developments in geometry. To name some of them, we mention the topics “Metric space geometry in the style of Alexandrov/Gromov”, “Polyhedra with prescribed metric”, “Willmore surfaces”, ...