• 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 ...
    • 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 KTheory’ ” 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 ...
    • 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.
    • 0633a - Mini-Workshop: The Hauptvermutung for High-Dimensional Manifolds 

      [OWR-2006-36] Workshop Report 2006,36 (2006) - (13 Aug - 19 Aug 2006)
      The meeting was devoted to the Kirby-Siebenmann structure theory for high-dimensional topological manifolds and the related disproof of the Hauptvermutung. We found nothing fundamentally wrong with the original work of ...
    • 0622 - Teichmüller Space (Classical and Quantum) 

      [OWR-2006-26] Workshop Report 2006,26 (2006) - (28 May - 03 Jun 2006)
      This is a short report on the conference “Teichmüller Space (Classical and Quantum) ” held in Oberwolfach from May 28th to June 3rd, 2006.
    • 0617 - Topological and Geometric Methods in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2006-19] Workshop Report 2006,19 (2006) - (23 Apr - 29 Apr 2006)
      The focus of this meeting was the use of topological and geometric methods to study infinite discrete groups. These methods are increasingly being supplemented by powerful new techniques from analysis. Key topics included ...
    • 0638 - Topologie 

      [OWR-2006-43] Workshop Report 2006,43 (2006) - (17 Sep - 23 Sep 2006)
      The participants in this conference covered all areas of algebraic and geometric topology. The talks covered a wide range of recent developments, such as the Farrell-Jones conjecture, knot theory, geometric group theory, ...