Workshops 2008

 
 

Workshops 2008

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    • 0834 - C*-Algebras 

      [OWR-2008-37] Workshop Report 2008,37 (2008) - (17 Aug - 23 Aug 2008)
      The theory of C*-algebras plays a major role in many areas of modern mathematics, like Non-commutative Geometry, Dynamical Systems, Harmonic Analysis, and Topology, to name a few. The aim of the conference “C*-algebras” ...

    • 0833 - Nonstandard Finite Element Methods 

      [OWR-2008-36] Workshop Report 2008,36 (2008) - (10 Aug - 16 Aug 2008)
      After just over half a century of use, finite element methods are ubiquitous in engineering (where they were first developed) and science. The mathematical analysis of standard conforming finite elements is very well ...

    • 0832 - Arithmetic Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2008-35] Workshop Report 2008,35 (2008) - (03 Aug - 09 Aug 2008)
      Arithmetic geometry lies between number theory and algebraic geometry. It deals with schemes over the rings of integers of a numberfield or also over a p-adic completion. For them one investigates geometric properties, ...

    • 0831 - Geometrie 

      [OWR-2008-34] Workshop Report 2008,34 (2008) - (27 Jul - 02 Aug 2008)
      The program of this meeting covered a wide range of of recent developments in geometry such as geometric flows, metric geometry, positively and negatively curved manifolds and dynamics of quasiconformal maps.

    • 0830 - Applied Dynamics and Geometric Mechanics 

      [OWR-2008-33] Workshop Report 2008,33 (2008) - (20 Jul - 26 Jul 2008)
      The workshop was organized around core topics in applied dynamics and geometric mechanics. Each speaker and invitee presented a new mathematical or computational tool. They also showed how their tool or technique is useful ...

    • 0829 - Real Analysis, Harmonic Analysis and Applications 

      [OWR-2008-32] Workshop Report 2008,32 (2008) - (13 Jul - 19 Jul 2008)
      In the last few years there have been important developments in the point of view and methods of harmonic analysis, and at the same time significant concurrent progress in the application of these to various other fields. ...

    • 0828 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2008-31] Workshop Report 2008,31 (2008) - (06 Jul - 12 Jul 2008)
      The Calculus of Variations is at the same time a classical subject, with long-standing open questions which have generated exciting discoveries in recent decades, and a modern subject in which new types of questions arise, ...

    • 0827a - Computational Algebraic Topology 

      [OWR-2008-29] Workshop Report 2008,29 (2008) - (29 Jun - 05 Jul 2008)
      Computational algebraic topology is a dynamic field of mathematics, which has close connections to the classical algebraic topology, combinatorial algebraic topology, theory of algorithms, as well as an abundance of ...

    • 0827b - Learning Theory and Approximation 

      [OWR-2008-30] Workshop Report 2008,30 (2008) - (29 Jun - 05 Jul 2008)
      Mathematical analysis of learning algorithms consists of bias measured by various kinds of approximation errors and variance investigated by probability and statistical analysis. This workshop has dealt with new developments ...

    • 0826 - Profinite and Asymptotic Group Theory 

      [OWR-2008-28] Workshop Report 2008,28 (2008) - (22 Jun - 28 Jun 2008)
      This meeting was focused on asymptotic aspects of group theory. The resulting problems lead, in particular, to the study of infinite groups, with an emphasis on the asymptotic behaviour of their finite quotients. Properties ...

    • 0825 - Nonlinear Evolution Equations 

      [OWR-2008-27] Workshop Report 2008,27 (2008) - (15 Jun - 21 Jun 2008)
      In this workshop three types of nonlinear evolution problems - geometric evolution equations (essentially all of parabolic type), nonlinear hyperbolic equations and dispersive equations - were the subject of 21 talks.

    • 0824 - Classical Algebraic Geometry 

      [OWR-2008-26] Workshop Report 2008,26 (2008) - (08 Jun - 14 Jun 2008)
      Algebraic geometry studies properties of specific algebraic varieties, on the one hand, and moduli spaces of all varieties of fixed topological type on the other hand. Of special importance is the moduli space of curves, ...

    • 0823 - Stochastic Analysis 

      [OWR-2008-25] Workshop Report 2008,25 (2008) - (01 Jun - 07 Jun 2008)
      The talks reviewed several directions in which progress in the general field of stochastic analysis occurred. Several themes were covered in depth: Among these themes a prominent role was played by the SLE (Schramm-Loewner ...

    • 0822 - History of Mathematics of the Early 20th Century: The Role of Transition 

      [OWR-2008-24] Workshop Report 2008,24 (2008) - (25 May - 31 May 2008)
      This conference provided a focused venue to investigate the history of mathematics during a particularly active time in the discipline, that is, roughly between the turn of the 20th century and 1950. Using the lens of ...

    • 0821 - Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2008-23] Workshop Report 2008,23 (2008) - (18 May - 24 May 2008)
      The workshop Schnelle Löser für partielle Differentialgleichungen (Fast Solvers for Partial Differential Equations), organized by Randolph E. Bank (La Jolla), Wolfgang Hackbusch (Leipzig), and Gabriel Wittum (Heidelberg), ...

    • 0819 - Invariants in Low-Dimensional Topology 

      [OWR-2008-22] Workshop Report 2008,22 (2008) - (04 May - 10 May 2008)
      The complex set of topics in that workshop originates from the classical algebraic low–dimensional topology and the influx of new invariants that began with the Jones polynomial in the 1980’s, that continued with the recent ...

    • 0818 - Atomistic Models of Materials: Mathematical Challenges 

      [OWR-2008-21] Workshop Report 2008,21 (2008) - (27 Apr - 03 May 2008)
      The contributions in this report, written by leading mathematicians and materials scientists, summarize recent progress and main mathematical challenges in the exciting and fast growing interdisciplinary field of atomistic ...

    • 0817 - Groups and Geometries 

      [OWR-2008-20] Workshop Report 2008,20 (2008) - (20 Apr - 26 Apr 2008)
      This was one of series of Oberwolfach workshops on Groups and Geometries which has taken place every 3 years for some time. There were three main inter-related themes: buildings and their relationship with algebraic groups; ...

    • 0816 - Analysis of Boundary Element Methods 

      [OWR-2008-19] Workshop Report 2008,19 (2008) - (13 Apr - 19 Apr 2008)
      At this workshop challenging problems in boundary element research were addressed. Diverse topics from high frequency acoustics/electromagnetic scattering to time domain problems describing wave propagation were covered. ...

    • 0815 - Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics 

      [OWR-2008-18] Workshop Report 2008,18 (2008) - (06 Apr - 12 Apr 2008)
      The workshop “Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics” brought together a carefully selected group of mathematicians, computer scientists and logicians in other fields to discus the impact of proof-theoretic ...