Browsing Workshops 2009 by Title

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    • 0911 - Enveloping Algebras and Geometric Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2009-15] Workshop Report 2009,15 (2009) - (08 Mar - 14 Mar 2009)
      The meeting brought together experts investigating Lie theory from the geometric, algebraic and combinatorial points of view to discuss recent progress and bring forward the research in this area by fostering scientific ...

    • 0929 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory 

      [OWR-2009-33] Workshop Report 2009,33 (2009) - (12 Jul - 18 Jul 2009)
      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 on ...

    • 0915b - Hilbert Modules and Complex Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-20] Workshop Report 2009,20 (2009) - (05 Apr - 11 Apr 2009)
      The major topics discussed in this workshop were Hilbert modules of analytic functions on domains in ℂn, Toeplitz and Hankel operators, the interplay of commutative algebra, complex analytic geometry and multivariable ...

    • 0944a - History and Philosophy of Mathematical Notations and Symbolism 

      [OWR-2009-47] Workshop Report 2009,47 (2009) - (25 Oct - 31 Oct 2009)
      The conference aimed to discuss the nature of mathematical language with the focus set on the history of mathematical symbolism and symbolisation in a wide sense. Its contents were arranged along three main topics—symbolization ...

    • 0915a - Homotopy Theory of Function Spaces and Related Topics 

      [OWR-2009-19] Workshop Report 2009,19 (2009) - (05 Apr - 11 Apr 2009)
      This workshop brought together researchers studying a variety of problems related to the homotopy theory of function spaces. Topics covered included: evaluation maps and Gottlieb groups, the classification of gauge groups ...

    • 0917 - Kommutative Algebra 

      [OWR-2009-22] Workshop Report 2009,22 (2009) - (19 Apr - 25 Apr 2009)
      The workshop brought together researchers on various areas of Commutative Algebra. New results in combinatorial commutative algebra, homological methods and invariants, characteristic p-methods, and in general commutative ...

    • 0933 - Linear and Nonlinear Eigenproblems for PDEs 

      [OWR-2009-37] Workshop Report 2009,37 (2009) - (09 Aug - 15 Aug 2009)
      The workshop discussed the numerical solution of linear and nonlinear eigenvalue problems for partial differential equations. It included the theoretical analysis the development of new (adaptive) methods, the iterative ...

    • 0907a - Low Eigenvalues of Laplace and Schrödinger Operators 

      [OWR-2009-6] Workshop Report 2009,6 (2009) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2009)
      This workshop brought together researchers interested in eigenvalue problems for Laplace and Schr¨dinger operators. The main topics o of discussions and investigations covered Dirichlet and Neumann eigenvalue problems, ...

    • 0922 - Manifold Perspectives 

      [OWR-2009-27] Workshop Report 2009,27 (2009) - (24 May - 30 May 2009)
      The study of the global properties of manifolds and their symmetries has had a great impact on both geometric and algebraic topology, and also on other branches of mathematics, such as algebra, differential geometry and ...

    • 0951 - Material Theories 

      [OWR-2009-57] Workshop Report 2009,57 (2009) - (13 Dec - 19 Dec 2009)
      This biennial workshop brings together mathematicians, mechanicians and theoretical physicists interested in developing new mathematical models of complex materials, medias and systems. The workshop covers a wide range of ...

    • 0942 - Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity 

      [OWR-2009-46] Workshop Report 2009,46 (2009) - (11 Oct - 17 Oct 2009)
      Mathematical relativity, the subject of this conference, has recently become more and more devoted to the theory of nonlinear evolution equations, with global questions becoming ever more accessible. This is reflected by ...

    • 0930 - Mathematical Aspects of Hydrodynamics 

      [OWR-2009-34] Workshop Report 2009,34 (2009) - (19 Jul - 25 Jul 2009)
      The workshop was devoted to discussions of recent developments and possible future directions of research in the field of mathematical hydrodynamics. Many of the leading experts in the theory of PDE’s arising in fluid dynamics ...

    • 0919 - Mathematical Biology 

      [OWR-2009-24] Workshop Report 2009,24 (2009) - (03 May - 09 May 2009)
      Mathematical biology is a fast growing field of research, which on one hand side faces challenges resulting from the enormous amount of data provided by experimentalists in the recent years, on the other hand new mathematical ...

    • 0936 - Mathematics of Complex Quantum Systems 

      [OWR-2009-40] Workshop Report 2009,40 (2009) - (30 Aug - 05 Sep 2009)
      A mathematical physics workshop focusing on the mathematics of complex quantum systems was held at MFO in September 2009. The physcs topics covered included quantum chemistry, nonrelativistic QED, statistical mechanics, ...

    • 0908a - Mini-Workshop: Category Theory and Related Fields: History and Prospects 

      [OWR-2009-8] Workshop Report 2009,8 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      he workshop concerned various topics in the history of category theory and related fields, paying attention to some extent also to open questions, present and possible future development.

    • 0946c - Mini-Workshop: Feinstrukturtheorie und Innere Modelle 

      [OWR-2009-51] Workshop Report 2009,51 (2009) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2009)
      This workshop presented recent advances in fine structure and inner model theory. There were extended tutorials on hod mice and the Mouse Set Conjecture, suitable extender sequences and their fine structure, and the construction ...

    • 0946b - Mini-Workshop: Formal Methods in Commutative Algebra: A View Toward Constructive Homological Algebra 

      [OWR-2009-50] Workshop Report 2009,50 (2009) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2009)
      The purpose of the mini-workshop is to bring into the same place different mathematical communities that study constructive homological algebra and are motivated by different applications (e.g., constructive algebra, symbolic ...

    • 0950c - Mini-Workshop: Geometry of Quantum Entanglement 

      [OWR-2009-56] Workshop Report 2009,56 (2009) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2009)
      The workshop aimed at developing interactions between researchers from quantum information theory and from asymptotic geometric analysis. A central notion discussed was the phenomenon of quantum entanglement, which naturally ...

    • 0950b - Mini-Workshop: Modeling and Understanding Random Hamiltonians: Beyond Monotonicity, Linearity and Independence 

      [OWR-2009-55] Workshop Report 2009,55 (2009) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2009)
      The mini-workshop was devoted to the spectral analysis of random Schr¨dinger-type operators. While this topic has been intensively studo ied by physicists and mathematicians for several decades, more recently there has ...

    • 0910c - Mini-Workshop: Non-Negativity is a Quantum Phenomenon 

      [OWR-2009-14] Workshop Report 2009,14 (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)
      In recent publications, the same combinatorial description has arisen for three separate objects of interest: non-negative cells in the real grassmannian (Postnikov, Williams); torus orbits of symplectic leaves in the ...