Browsing Workshops 2009 by Title
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0922 - Manifold Perspectives
[OWR-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] (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] (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] (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] (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] (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] (2009) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2009)The 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] (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] (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] (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] (2009) - (06 Dec - 12 Dec 2009)The mini-workshop was devoted to the spectral analysis of random Schrödinger-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] (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] (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] (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] (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] (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] (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 ... -
0910b - Mini-Workshop: The Pisot Conjecture - From Substitution Dynamical Systems to Rauzy Fractals and Meyer Sets
[OWR-2009-13] (2009) - (01 Mar - 07 Mar 2009)This mini-workshop brought together researchers with diverse backgrounds and a common interest in facets of the Pisot conjecture, which relates certain properties of a substitution to dynamical properties of the associated ... -
0916 - Multiplier Ideal Sheaves in Algebraic and Complex Geometry
[OWR-2009-21] (2009) - (12 Apr - 18 Apr 2009)The workshop Multiplier Ideal Sheaves in Algebraic and Complex Geometry, organised by Stefan Kebekus (Freiburg), Mihai Paun (Nancy), Georg Schumacher (Marburg) and Yum-Tong Siu (Cambridge MA) was held April 12th – April ... -
0937 - Noncommutative Geometry
[OWR-2009-41] (2009) - (06 Sep - 12 Sep 2009)Many of the different aspects of Noncommutative Geometry were represented in the talks. The list of topics that were covered includes in particular new insight into the geometry of a noncommutative torus, local index formulae ...