• 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 ...
    • 0910a - Mini-Workshop: Numerical Upscaling for Flow Problems: Theory and Applications 

      [OWR-2009-12] Workshop Report 2009,12 (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)
      The objective of this workshop was to bring together researchers working in multiscale simulations with emphasis on multigrid methods and multiscale finite element methods, aiming at chieving of better understanding and ...
    • 0908b - Mini-Workshop: Product Systems and Independence in Quantum Dynamics 

      [OWR-2009-9] Workshop Report 2009,9 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      Quantum dynamics, both reversible (i.e., closed quantum systems) and irreversible (i.e., open quantum systems), gives rise to product systems of Hilbert spaces or, more generally, of Hilbert modules. When we consider ...
    • 0946a - Mini-Workshop: Spectrum of Transfer Operators: Recent Developments and Applications 

      [OWR-2009-49] Workshop Report 2009,49 (2009) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2009)
      Transfer operators and their spectral theory provide a unifying framework for studying stochastic properties of chaotic deterministic dynamical systems. The goal of this workshop was to widen the class of systems that can ...
    • 0908c - Mini-Workshop: Support Varieties 

      [OWR-2009-10] Workshop Report 2009,10 (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)
      The notion of support is a fundamental concept which provides a geometric approach for studying various algebraic structures. The prototype for this has been Quillen’s description of the algebraic variety corresponding to ...
    • 0950a - Mini-Workshop: The Escaping Set in Transcendental Dynamics 

      [OWR-2009-54] Workshop Report 2009,54 (2009) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2009)
      The escaping set of a transcendental entire or meromorphic function consists of all points which tend to infinity under iteration. Its importance in transcendental dynamics has increased significantly in recent years. The ...