• 1123 - Arithmetic Groups vs. Mapping Class Groups: Similarities, Analogies and Differences 

      [OWR-2011-30] Workshop Report 2011,30 (2011) - (05 Jun - 11 Jun 2011)
      Arithmetic groups arise naturally in many fields such as number theory, algebraic geometry, and analysis. Mapping class groups arise in both low dimensional topology and geometric group theory. They have been studied ...
    • 1119 - Billiards, Flat Surfaces, and Dynamics on Moduli Spaces 

      [OWR-2011-25] Workshop Report 2011,25 (2011) - (08 May - 14 May 2011)
      This workshop brought together people working on the dynamics of various flows on moduli spaces, in particular the action of SL$_2(\mathbb R)$ on flat surfaces. The new results presented covered properties of interval ...
    • 1149 - Variational Methods for Evolution 

      [OWR-2011-55] Workshop Report 2011,55 (2011) - (04 Dec - 10 Dec 2011)
      The meeting focused on the last advances in the applications of variational methods to evolution problems governed by partial differential equations. The talks covered a broad range of topics, including large deviation and ...