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• #### 1331 - Multiscale and High-Dimensional Problems ﻿

[OWR-2013-39] (2013) - (28 Jul - 03 Aug 2013)
High-dimensional problems appear naturally in various scientific areas, such as PDEs describing complex processes in computational chemistry and physics, or stochastic or parameter-dependent PDEs leading to deterministic ...
• #### 1330a - Mini-Workshop: Direct and Inverse Spectral Theory of Almost Periodic Operators ﻿

[OWR-2013-36] (2013) - (21 Jul - 27 Jul 2013)
This mini-workshop brought together researchers working on direct and inverse spectral theory for Schrödinger operators, Jacobi matrices, and related operators. The talks reported on recent work on these models and related ...
• #### 1330b - Mini-Workshop: The Willmore Functional and the Willmore Conjecture ﻿

[OWR-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 ...
• #### 1330c - Mini-Workshop: New Crossroads between Mathematics and Field Theory ﻿

[OWR-2013-38] (2013) - (21 Jul - 27 Jul 2013)
In the last few years, it has been strongly emphasized the need to use new mathematical tools and structures which are not part of the traditional pool of expertise of the community working on the analysis of the mathematical ...
• #### 1329 - Explicit Methods in Number Theory ﻿

[OWR-2013-35] (2013) - (14 Jul - 20 Jul 2013)
These notes contain extended abstracts on the topic of explicit methods in number theory. The range of topics includes effectiveness in rational points on curves and especially on modular curves, modularity, L-functions, ...
• #### 1328 - Dynamische Systeme ﻿

[OWR-2013-34] (2013) - (07 Jul - 13 Jul 2013)
This workshop continued the biannual series at Oberwolfach on Dynamical Systems that started as the “Moser-Zehnder meeting” in 1981. The main themes of the workshop are the new results and developments in the area of ...
• #### 1327 - Differentialgeometrie im Großen ﻿

[OWR-2013-33] (2013) - (30 Jun - 06 Jul 2013)
The meeting continued the biannual conference series Differentialgeometrie im Großen at the MFO which was established in the 60’s by Klingenberg and Chern. Global Riemannian geometry with its connections to topology, ...
• #### 1326 - Algebraic K-theory and Motivic Cohomology ﻿

[OWR-2013-32] (2013) - (23 Jun - 29 Jun 2013)
Algebraic K-theory and motivic cohomology are strongly related tools providing a systematic way of producing invariants for algebraic or geometric structures. The definition and methods are taken from algebraic topology, ...
• #### 1325b - Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups ﻿

[OWR-2013-31] (2013) - (16 Jun - 22 Jun 2013)
Topics discussed at the workshop “Quadratic Forms and Linear Algebraic Groups” included besides the algebraic theory of quadratic and Hermitian forms and their Witt groups several aspects of the theory of linear algebraic ...
• #### 1325a - The Arithmetic of Fields ﻿

[OWR-2013-30] (2013) - (16 Jun - 22 Jun 2013)
This report includes extended abstracts of talks given in a conference on the ”Arithmetic of Fields” that was held inMathematisches Forschung Institute, Oberwolfach during 16–22 June 2013. It also includes extended abstracts ...
• #### 1324 - Hyperbolic Techniques for Phase Dynamics ﻿

[OWR-2013-29] (2013) - (09 Jun - 15 Jun 2013)
The progress in the theory of hyperbolic conservation laws has always been and still is driven strongly by new fields of applications. The workshop addressed aspects of modelling, analysis and numerics for fundamental ...
• #### 1323 - Geometric Structures in Group Theory ﻿

[OWR-2013-28] (2013) - (02 Jun - 08 Jun 2013)
The overall theme of the conference was geometric group theory, interpreted quite broadly. In general, geometric group theory seeks to understand algebraic properties of groups by studying their actions on spaces with ...
• #### 1322 - Complex Algebraic Geometry ﻿

[OWR-2013-27] (2013) - (26 May - 01 Jun 2013)
The conference focused on several topics, classical and modern, in the classification theory of compact algebraic and Kähler varieties, and on several methods, from singularity theory, topology, homological algebra, Geometric ...
• #### 1320b - Mini-Workshop: Constructive Homological Algebra with Applications to Coherent Sheaves and Control Theory ﻿

[OWR-2013-25] (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
The main objective of this mini-workshop is to bring together recent developments in constructive homological algebra. There, the current state already reached a level of generality which allows simultaneous application ...
• #### 1320c - Mini-Workshop: Localising and Tilting in Abelian and Triangulated Categories ﻿

[OWR-2013-26] (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
The workshop brought together experts on localisation theory and tilting theory from different parts of mathematics with the aim of fully exploiting the power of some recent developments in so far rather independent contexts. ...
• #### 1320a - Mini-Workshop: Spherical Varieties and Automorphic Representations ﻿

[OWR-2013-24] (2013) - (12 May - 18 May 2013)
This workshop brought together, for the first time, experts on spherical varieties and experts on automorphic forms, in order to discuss subjects of common interest between the two fields. Spherical varieties have a very ...
• #### 1319 - Heat Kernels, Stochastic Processes and Functional Inequalities ﻿

[OWR-2013-23] (2013) - (05 May - 11 May 2013)
The general topic of the 2013 workshop Heat kernels, stochastic processes and functional inequalities was the study of linear and non-linear diffusions in geometric environments: finite and infinite-dimensional manifolds, ...
• #### 1318b - Geometric Knot Theory ﻿

[OWR-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 ...
• #### 1318a - Progress in Surface Theory ﻿

[OWR-2013-21] (2013) - (28 Apr - 04 May 2013)
Over the last 30 years global surface theory has become pivotal in the understanding of low dimensional global phenomena. At the same time surface geometry became a platform on which seemingly different areas of mathematics ...
• #### 1317b - Extremes in Branching Random Walk and Branching Brownian Motion ﻿

[OWR-2013-20] (2013) - (21 Apr - 27 Apr 2013)
Branching random walk (BRW) and branching Brownian motion (BBM) are mathematical models for population growth and spatial displacement. When resources are plentiful, population sizes grow exponentially in time. In such a ...