• 1749 - Classical and Quantum Mechanical Models of Many-Particle Systems 

      [OWR-2017-56] Workshop Report 2017,56 (2017) - (03 Dec - 09 Dec 2017)
      This workshop was dedicated to the presentation of recent results in the field of the mathematical study of kinetic theory and its naturalextensions (statistical physics and fluid mechanics). The main models are the ...
    • 1701 - Combinatorics 

      [OWR-2017-1] Workshop Report 2017,1 (2017) - (01 Jan - 07 Jan 2017)
      Combinatorics is a fundamental mathematical discipline that focuses on the study of discrete objects and their properties. The present workshop featured research in such diverse areas as Extremal, Probabilistic and Algebraic ...
    • 1720 - Computational Inverse Problems for Partial Differential Equations 

      [OWR-2017-24] Workshop Report 2017,24 (2017) - (14 May - 20 May 2017)
      The problem of determining unknown quantities in a PDE from measurements of (part of) the solution to this PDE arises in a wide range of applications in science, technology, medicine, and finance. The unknown quantity may ...
    • 1744b - Copositivity and Complete Positivity 

      [OWR-2017-52] Workshop Report 2017,52 (2017) - (29 Oct - 04 Nov 2017)
      A real matrix $A$ is called copositive if $x^TAx \ge 0$ holds for all $x \in \mathbb R^n_+$. A matrix $A$ is called completely positive if it can be factorized as $A = BB^T$ , where $B$ is an entrywise nonnegative matrix. ...
    • 1703 - Cryptography 

      [OWR-2017-5] Workshop Report 2017,5 (2017) - (15 Jan - 21 Jan 2017)
      The Oberwolfach workshop Cryptography brought together scientists from cryptography with mathematicians specializing in the algorithmic problems underlying cryptographic security. The goal of the workshop was to stimulate ...
    • 1727 - Differentialgeometrie im Großen 

      [OWR-2017-31] Workshop Report 2017,31 (2017) - (02 Jul - 08 Jul 2017)
      The topics discussed at the meeting were Kähler geometry, geometric evolution equations, manifolds of nonnegative curvature, metric geometry and geometric representations of groups. The choice of topics reflects current ...
    • 1715 - Discrete Geometry 

      [OWR-2017-19] Workshop Report 2017,19 (2017) - (09 Apr - 15 Apr 2017)
      A number of important recent developments in various branches of discrete geometry were presented at the workshop. The presentations illustrated both the diversity of the area and its strong connections to other fields of ...
    • 1728 - Dynamische Systeme 

      [OWR-2017-32] Workshop Report 2017,32 (2017) - (09 Jul - 15 Jul 2017)
      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 ...
    • 1704 - Emerging Developments in Interfaces and Free Boundaries 

      [OWR-2017-6] Workshop Report 2017,6 (2017) - (22 Jan - 28 Jan 2017)
      The field of the mathematical and numerical analysis of systems of nonlinear partial differential equations involving interfaces and free boundaries is a well established and flourishing area of research. This workshop ...
    • 1726 - Geometric Structures in Group Theory 

      [OWR-2017-30] Workshop Report 2017,30 (2017) - (25 Jun - 01 Jul 2017)
      Geometric group theory has natural connections and rich interfaces with many of the other major fields of modern mathematics. The basic motif of the field is the construction and exploration of actions by infinite groups ...
    • 1719 - Geophysical Fluid Dynamics 

      [OWR-2017-23] Workshop Report 2017,23 (2017) - (07 May - 13 May 2017)
      The workshop “Geophysical Fluid Dynamics” addressed recent advances in analytical, stochastic, modeling and computational studies of geophysical fluid models. Of central interest were the reduced geophysical models, that ...
    • 1721 - Harmonic Analysis and the Trace Formula 

      [OWR-2017-25] Workshop Report 2017,25 (2017) - (21 May - 27 May 2017)
      The purpose of this workshop was to discuss recent results in harmonic analysis that arise in the study of the trace formula. This theme is common to different directions of research on automorphic forms such as representation ...
    • 1744a - Interplay between Number Theory and Analysis for Dirichlet Series 

      [OWR-2017-51] Workshop Report 2017,51 (2017) - (29 Oct - 04 Nov 2017)
      In recent years a number of challenging research problems have crystallized in the analytic theory of Dirichlet series and its interaction with function theory in polydiscs. Their solutions appear to require unconventional ...
    • 1735 - Komplexe Analysis 

      [OWR-2017-39] Workshop Report 2017,39 (2017) - (27 Aug - 02 Sep 2017)
      Complex Analysis is a very active branch of mathematics. The aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in several complex variables and complex geometry. Topics included singular Kähler–Einstein metrics, ...
    • 1734 - Low-dimensional Topology and Number Theory 

      [OWR-2017-38] Workshop Report 2017,38 (2017) - (20 Aug - 26 Aug 2017)
      The workshop brought together topologists and number theorists with the intent of exploring the many tantalizing connections between these areas.
    • 1729 - Material Theories 

      [OWR-2017-33] Workshop Report 2017,33 (2017) - (16 Jul - 22 Jul 2017)
      Material theories is a series of workshops concerned with a broad range of topics related to the mechanics and mathematics of materials. As such, this edition brought together researchers from diverse fields converging ...
    • 1751 - Mathematical Instruments between Material Artifacts and Ideal Machines: Their Scientific and Social Role before 1950 

      [OWR-2017-58] Workshop Report 2017,58 (2017) - (17 Dec - 23 Dec 2017)
      Since 1950, mathematicians have become increasingly familiar with the digital computer in their professional practice. Previously, however, many other instruments, now mostly forgotten, were commonly used to compute numerical ...
    • 1745 - Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics 

      [OWR-2017-53] Workshop Report 2017,53 (2017) - (05 Nov - 11 Nov 2017)
      The workshop “Mathematical Logic: Proof Theory, Constructive Mathematics” was centered around proof-theoretic aspects of core mathematics and theoretical computer science as well as homotopy type theory and logical aspects ...
    • 1737 - Mathematical Questions and Challenges in Quantum Electrodynamics and its Applications 

      [OWR-2017-41] Workshop Report 2017,41 (2017) - (10 Sep - 16 Sep 2017)
      Quantum field theory (QFT) may be considered one of the most fundamental frameworks of theoretical physics. Quantum Electrodynamics (QED) is the part of QFT that describes the interaction between matter and light. Although ...
    • 1709 - Mathematics of Quantitative Finance 

      [OWR-2017-13] Workshop Report 2017,13 (2017) - (26 Feb - 04 Mar 2017)
      The workshop on Mathematics of Quantitative Finance, organised at the Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach from 26 February to 4 March 2017, focused on cutting edge areas of mathematical finance, with an emphasis ...