• 1545c - Mini-Workshop: Recent Developments on Approximation Methods for Controlled Evolution Equations 

      [OWR-2015-50] Workshop Report 2015,50 (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
      This mini-workshop brought together mathematicians engaged in partial differential equations, functional analysis, numerical analysis and systems theory in order to address a number of current problems in the approximation ...
    • 1504 - Geometric Topology 

      [OWR-2015-3] Workshop Report 2015,3 (2015) - (18 Jan - 24 Jan 2015)
      Geometric topology has seen significant advances in the understanding and application of infinite symmetries and of the principles behind them. On the one hand, for advances in (geometric) group theory, tools from algebraic ...
    • 1525 - Noncommutative Geometry 

      [OWR-2015-29] Workshop Report 2015,29 (2015) - (14 Jun - 20 Jun 2015)
      These reports contain an account of 2015’s meeting on noncommutative geometry. Noncommutative geometry has developed itself over the years to a completely new branch of mathematics shedding light on many other areas as ...
    • 1529 - Mathematical Aspects of General Relativity 

      [OWR-2015-33] Workshop Report 2015,33 (2015) - (12 Jul - 18 Jul 2015)
      The general theory of relativity is a remarkably accurate theory of gravitation, describing phenomena from the level of isolated bodies to the universe as a whole. The mathematical study of this theory leads to fascinating ...
    • 1535 - Reductions of Shimura Varieties 

      [OWR-2015-39] Workshop Report 2015,39 (2015) - (23 Aug - 29 Aug 2015)
      The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in the theory of reductions of Shimura varieties and related topics. The talks presented new methods and results that intertwine a multitude of topics such as ...
    • 1505 - Geometric Methods of Complex Analysis 

      [OWR-2015-4] Workshop Report 2015,4 (2015) - (25 Jan - 31 Jan 2015)
      The purpose of this workshop was to discuss recent results in Several Complex Variables, Complex Geometry and Complex Dynamical Systems with a special focus on the exchange of ideas and methods among these areas. The main ...
    • 1534 - Applied Harmonic Analysis and Sparse Approximation 

      [OWR-2015-38] Workshop Report 2015,38 (2015) - (16 Aug - 22 Aug 2015)
      Efficiently analyzing functions, in particular multivariate functions, is a key problem in applied mathematics. The area of applied harmonic analysis has a significant impact on this problem by providing methodologies both ...
    • 1546c - Mini-Workshop: Scales in Plasticity 

      [OWR-2015-53] Workshop Report 2015,53 (2015) - (08 Nov - 14 Nov 2015)
      This mini-workshop was devoted to the current state of our understanding of dislocations (essentially slips of lines of atoms in a crystalline solid) and of their impact on the macroscopic behavior of those solids.
    • 1518 - Tropical Aspects in Geometry, Topology and Physics 

      [OWR-2015-23] Workshop Report 2015,23 (2015) - (26 Apr - 02 May 2015)
      The workshop Tropical Aspects in Geometry, Topology and Physics was devoted to a wide discussion and exchange of ideas between the leading experts representing various points of view on the subject. The development of ...
    • 1520 - Enveloping Algebras and Geometric Representation Theory 

      [OWR-2015-25] Workshop Report 2015,25 (2015) - (10 May - 16 May 2015)
      The workshop brought together experts investigating algebraic Lie theory from the geometric and categorical viewpoints.
    • 1544a - History of Mathematics: Models and Visualization in the Mathematical and Physical Sciences 

      [OWR-2015-47] Workshop Report 2015,47 (2015) - (25 Oct - 31 Oct 2015)
      This workshop brought together historians of mathematics and science as well as mathematicians to explore important historical developments connected with models and visual elements in the mathematical and physical sciences. ...
    • 1551 - Non-Archimedean Geometry and Applications 

      [OWR-2015-57] Workshop Report 2015,57 (2015) - (13 Dec - 19 Dec 2015)
      The workshop focused on recent developments in non-Archimedean analytic geometry with various applications to other fields, in particular to number theory and algebraic geometry. These applications included Mirror Symmetry, ...
    • 1507b - Mini-Workshop: Discrete p-Laplacians: Spectral Theory and Variational Methods in Mathematics and Computer Science 

      [OWR-2015-7] Workshop Report 2015,7 (2015) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2015)
      The p-Laplacian operators have a rich analytical theory and in the last few years they have also offered efficient tools to tackle several tasks in machine learning. During the workshop mathematicians and theoretical ...
    • 1508c - Mini-Workshop: Deformation Quantization: between formal to strict 

      [OWR-2015-11] Workshop Report 2015,11 (2015) - (15 Feb - 21 Feb 2015)
      The philosophy of deformation was proposed by Bayen, Flato, Fronsdal, Lichnerowicz, and Sternheimer in the seventies and since then, many developments occurred. Deformation quantization is based on such a philosophy in ...
    • 1530 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2015-34] Workshop Report 2015,34 (2015) - (19 Jul - 25 Jul 2015)
      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 ...
    • 1507a - Mini-Workshop: Modern Applications of s-numbers and Operator Ideals 

      [OWR-2015-6] Workshop Report 2015,6 (2015) - (08 Feb - 14 Feb 2015)
      The main aim of this mini-workshop was to present and discuss some modern applications of the functional-analytic concepts of $s$-numbers and operator ideals in areas like Numerical Analysis, Theory of Function Spaces, ...
    • 1533 - Mathematical Aspects of Hydrodynamics 

      [OWR-2015-37] Workshop Report 2015,37 (2015) - (09 Aug - 15 Aug 2015)
      The workshop dealt with the partial differential equations that describe fluid motion, namely the Euler equations and the Navier-Stokes equations. This included topics in both inviscid and viscous fluids in two and three ...
    • 1517b - Mirror Symmetry, Hodge Theory and Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2015-22] Workshop Report 2015,22 (2015) - (19 Apr - 25 Apr 2015)
      The following is the report on the Oberwolfach workshop Mirror Symmetry, Hodge Theory and Differential Equations (April 2015), which brought together researchers from various areas such as quantum cohomology, complex ...
    • 1545a - Mini-Workshop: Friezes 

      [OWR-2015-48] Workshop Report 2015,48 (2015) - (01 Nov - 07 Nov 2015)
      Frieze patterns were introduced in the early 1970s by Coxeter. They are infinite arrays of numbers in which every four neighbouring entries always satisfy the same arithmetic relation. Amazingly, friezes appear in many ...
    • 1532 - Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2015-36] Workshop Report 2015,36 (2015) - (02 Aug - 08 Aug 2015)
      The workshop dealt with nonlinear partial differential equations and some applications in geometry, touching several different topics such as minimal surfaces and harmonic maps, equations in conformal geometry, geometric ...