• 1029 - Calculus of Variations 

      [OWR-2010-31] Workshop Report 2010,31 (2010) - (18 Jul - 24 Jul 2010)
      Since its invention by Newton, the calculus of variations has formed one of the central techniques for studying problems in geometry, physics, and partial differential equations. This trend continues even today. On the one ...
    • 1039 - Deformation Methods in Mathematics and Physics 

      [OWR-2010-43] Workshop Report 2010,43 (2010) - (26 Sep - 01 Oct 2010)
      Deformations of mathematical structures play an important role in most parts of mathematics but also in theoretical physics. In this interdisciplinary workshop, different aspects of deformations and their applications were ...
    • 1028 - Geometric Group Theory, Hyperbolic Dynamics and Symplectic Geometry 

      [OWR-2010-30] Workshop Report 2010,30 (2010) - (11 Jul - 17 Jul 2010)
      The main theme of the workshop is the interaction between the speedily developing fields of mathematics mentioned in the title. One of the purposes of the workshop is to highlight new exciting developments which are happening ...
    • 1024 - Geometrie 

      [OWR-2010-26] Workshop Report 2010,26 (2010) - (13 Jun - 19 Jun 2010)
      The program of this meeting covered a wide range of recent developements in geometry such as geometric flows and connections to transport problems, metric and Alexandrov geometry, positively curved manifolds and the positive ...
    • 1040c - Mini-Workshop: Higher Dimensional Elliptic Fibrations 

      [OWR-2010-46] Workshop Report 2010,46 (2010) - (03 Oct - 09 Oct 2010)
      Elliptic fibrations play a central role in the geometry of complex surfaces, and there is a comprehensive array of theory and examples. They arise also as a tool in many applications, such as the construction of rational ...
    • 1003b - Mini-Workshop: Valuations and Integral Geometry 

      [OWR-2010-4] Workshop Report 2010,4 (2010) - (17 Jan - 23 Jan 2010)
      As a generalization of the notion of measure, valuations have long played a central role in the integral geometry of convex sets. In recent years there has been a series of striking developments. Several examples were ...
    • 1018 - Progress in Surface Theory 

      [OWR-2010-21] Workshop Report 2010,21 (2010) - (02 May - 08 May 2010)
      The theory of surfaces is interpreted these days as a prototype of submanifold geometry and is characterized by the substantial application of PDE methods and methods from the theory of integrable systems, in addition to ...