Browsing Workshops 2009 by Issue Date

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    • 0903 - Discrete Differential Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-2] Workshop Report 2009,2 (2009) - (11 Jan - 17 Jan 2009)
      This is the collection of extended abstracts for the 26 lectures and the open problems session at the second Oberwolfach workshop on Discrete Differential Geometry.

    • 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 ...

    • 0921 - Topological and Variational Methods for Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2009-26] Workshop Report 2009,26 (2009) - (17 May - 23 May 2009)
      In recent years, there has been a major impact of topological and variational methods on the study of nonlinear elliptic and parabolic partial differential equations. In particular, surprising results for classical open ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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, ...

    • 0907b - Wave Motion 

      [OWR-2009-7] Workshop Report 2009,7 (2009) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2009)
      This workshop was devoted to recent progress in the mathematical study of water waves, with special emphasis on nonlinear phenomena. Both aspects related to the governing equations (free boundary Euler equations) as well ...

    • 0947 - Complexity Theory 

      [OWR-2009-52] Workshop Report 2009,52 (2009) - (15 Nov - 21 Nov 2009)
      Computational Complexity Theory is the mathematical study of the intrinsic power and limitations of computational resources like time, space, or randomness. The current workshop focused on recent developments in various ...

    • 0932 - Partielle Differentialgleichungen 

      [OWR-2009-36] Workshop Report 2009,36 (2009) - (02 Aug - 08 Aug 2009)
      The workshop dealt with partial differential equations in geometry and technical applications. The main topics were the combination of nonlinear partial differential equations and geometric problems, regularity of free ...

    • 0914 - Arbeitsgemeinschaft: Optimal Transport and Geometry 

      [OWR-2009-18] Workshop Report 2009,18 (2009) - (29 Mar - 04 Apr 2009)
      This Arbeitsgemeinschaft was devoted to recent developments in optimal transport with emphasis on links and applications to geometry. The topics reached from the origin of optimal transport as a variational problem, where ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0945 - Design and Analysis of Infectious Disease Studies 

      [OWR-2009-48] Workshop Report 2009,48 (2009) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2009)
      This workshop gathered 45 participants from 16 countries and had a correspondingly multifaceted program covering various infectious diseases, public health applications, and methodological innovations. The discussions and ...

    • 0928 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2009-32] Workshop Report 2009,32 (2009) - (05 Jul - 11 Jul 2009)
      This workshop, organized by Hakan Eliasson (Paris), Helmut Hofer (Princeton) and Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (Paris), continued the biannual series at Oberwolfach on Dynamical Systems that started as the “Moser– Zehnder meeting” ...

    • 0934 - Scaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics 

      [OWR-2009-38] Workshop Report 2009,38 (2009) - (16 Aug - 22 Aug 2009)
      The workshop brought together researchers interested in spatial random processes and their connection to statistical mechanics. The principal subjects of interest were scaling limits and, in general, limit laws for various ...

    • 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 ...

    • 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 ...

    • 0935 - Challenges in Statistical Theory: Complex Data Structures and Algorithmic Optimization 

      [OWR-2009-39] Workshop Report 2009,39 (2009) - (23 Aug - 29 Aug 2009)
      Technological developments have created a constant incoming stream of complex new data structures that need analysis. Modern statistics therefore means mathematically sophisticated new statistical theory that generates or ...

    • 0925 - Computational Multiscale Methods 

      [OWR-2009-29] Workshop Report 2009,29 (2009) - (14 Jun - 20 Jun 2009)
      Computational Multiscale Methods play an important role in many modern computer simulations in material sciences with different time scales and different scales in space. Besides various computational challenges, the meeting ...

    • 0913 - Representations of Finite Groups 

      [OWR-2009-17] Workshop Report 2009,17 (2009) - (22 Mar - 28 Mar 2009)
      The workshop Representations of Finite Groups was organised by Joseph Chuang (London), Markus Linckelmann (Aberdeen), Gunter Malle (Kaiserslautern) and Jeremy Rickard (Bristol). It covered a wide variety of aspects of the ...

    • 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.

    • 0918 - Combinatorics and Probability 

      [OWR-2009-23] Workshop Report 2009,23 (2009) - (26 Apr - 02 May 2009)
      The effective application of probabilistic reasoning in the study of problems in diverse areas is one of the most exciting recent developments in Mathematics. Probabilistic methods turned out to be very powerful in Discrete ...