• 1318b - Geometric Knot Theory 

      [OWR-2013-22] Workshop Report 2013,22 (2013) - (28 Apr - 04 May 2013)
      Geometric knot theory studies relations between geometric properties of a space curve and the knot type it represents. As examples, knotted curves have quadrisecant lines, and have more distortion and more total curvature ...
    • 1313 - Interfaces and Free Boundaries: Analysis, Control and Simulation 

      [OWR-2013-15] Workshop Report 2013,15 (2013) - (24 Mar - 30 Mar 2013)
      The field of mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a flourishing area of research. Many such systems arise from mathematical ...
    • 1312 - Interplay of Theory and Numerics for Deterministic and Stochastic Homogenization 

      [OWR-2013-14] Workshop Report 2013,14 (2013) - (17 Mar - 23 Mar 2013)
      The workshop has brought together experts in the broad field of partial differential equations with highly heterogeneous coefficients. Analysts and computational and applied mathematicians have shared results and ideas on ...
    • 1345b - Mini-Workshop: Inelastic and Non-equilibrium Material Behavior: from Atomistic Structure to Macroscopic Constitutive Relations 

      [OWR-2013-54] Workshop Report 2013,54 (2013) - (03 Nov - 09 Nov 2013)
      The workshop brought together 15 scientists, which included leaders in the fields of mathematics (partial differential equations, statistical mechanics and calculus of variations) and mechanics (continuum mechanics, ...
    • 1307b - Mini-Workshop: The p-Laplacian Operator and Applications 

      [OWR-2013-8] Workshop Report 2013,8 (2013) - (10 Feb - 16 Feb 2013)
      There has been a surge of interest in the $p$-Laplacian in many different contexts from game theory to mechanics and image processing. The workshop brought together experts from many different schools of thinking to exchange ...
    • 1330b - Mini-Workshop: The Willmore Functional and the Willmore Conjecture 

      [OWR-2013-37] Workshop Report 2013,37 (2013) - (21 Jul - 27 Jul 2013)
      The Willmore functional evaluated on a surface immersed into Euclidean space is given by the $L^2$-norm of its mean curvature. The interest for studying this functional comes from various directions. First, it arises in ...
    • 1305 - Numerical Methods for PDE Constrained Optimization with Uncertain Data 

      [OWR-2013-4] Workshop Report 2013,4 (2013) - (27 Jan - 02 Feb 2013)
      Optimization problems governed by partial differential equations (PDEs) arise in many applications in the form of optimal control, optimal design, or parameter identification problems. In most applications, parameters in ...
    • 1332 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2013-40] Workshop Report 2013,40 (2013) - (04 Aug - 10 Aug 2013)
      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, and fourth order ...