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- ItemComputational Engineering(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2015) Carstensen, Carsten; Demkowicz, Leszek; Wriggers, PeterThe focus of this Computational Engineering Workshop was on the mathematical foundation of state-of-the-art and emerging finite element methods in engineering analysis. The 52 participants included mathematicians and engineers with shared interest on discontinuous Galerkin or Petrov-Galerkin methods and other generalized nonconforming or mixed finite element methods.
- ItemMany-Body Quantum Systems(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2019) Schlein, Benjamin; Seiringer, Robert; Warzel, SimoneThe interaction among fundamental particles in nature leads to many interesting effects in quantum statistical mechanics; examples include superconductivity for charged systems and superfluidity in cold gases. It is a huge challenge for mathematical physics to understand the collective behavior of systems containing a large number of particles, emerging from known microscopic interactions. In this workshop we brought together researchers working on different aspects of many-body quantum mechanics to discuss recent developments, exchange ideas and propose new challenges and research directions.
- ItemMany-Body Quantum Systems and Effective Theories(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2016) Schlein, Benjamin; Seiringer, RobertIn the last years, substantial progress has been made in many areas of mathematical physics. The goal of this workshop was to bring together researchers working on analytic and probabilistic aspects of many-body quantum systems and quantum statistical mechanics, to discuss recent developments, exchange ideas and propose new challenges and research directions. Among the questions addressed during the workshop were the derivation of effective equations, the analysis of physically interesting nonlinear partial differential equations emerging from microscopic theories, the study of open quantum systems in and out of equilibrium, and the investigation of the ground state properties and of the dynamics of quantum spin systems.
- ItemMini-Workshop: Positional Games(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2018) Krivelevich, Michael; Stojakovic, Milos; Szabo, TiborThis mini-workshop focused on Positional Games and related fields. Positional Games Theory is a branch of Combinatorics whose main aim is to systematically develop an extensive mathematical basis for a variety of two-player games of perfect information and without chance moves, usually played on discrete objects. These include popular recreational games such as Tic-Tac-Toe and Hex as well as purely abstract games played on graphs and hypergraphs. Though a close relative of the classical Game Theory of von Neumann and of Nim-like games, popularized by Conway and others, Positional Games are quite different and are more of a combinatorial nature. The subject is strongly related to several other branches of Combinatorics like Ramsey Theory, Extremal Graph and Set Theory, and the Probabilistic Method. It has also proven to be instrumental in deriving central results in Theoretical Computer Science, in particular in derandomization and algorithmization of important probabilistic tools. Despite being a relatively young topic, there are already three textbooks dedicated to Positional Games as well
- ItemMeasured Group Theory(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2016) Gaboriau, Damien; Thom, AndreasThe workshop aimed to study discrete and Lie groups and their actions using measure theoretic methods and their asymptotic invariants, such as $\ell^2$-invariants, the rank gradient, cost, torsion growth, entropy-type invariants and invariants coming from random walks and percolation theory. The participants came from a wide range of mathematics: asymptotic group theory, geometric group theory, ergodic theory, $\ell^2$-theory, graph convergence, representation theory, probability theory, descriptive set theory and algebraic topology.
- ItemKomplexe Analysis(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2012) Hulek, Klaus; Peternell, ThomasThe aim of this workshop was to discuss recent developments in several complex variables and complex geometry. Special emphasis was put on the interaction of analytic and algebraic methods. Topics included Kähler geometry, Ricci-flat manifolds, moduli theory and themes related to the minimal model program.
- ItemRough Paths and PDEs(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2012) Friz, Peter; Gubinelli, MassimilianoThe purpose of the Oberwolfach workshop ”Rough Paths and PDEs” was to bring together these researchers, both young and senior, with the aim to promote progress in rough path theory, the connections with partial differential equations and its applications to numerical methods.
- ItemTopologie(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2012) Teichner, Peter; Wahl, Nathalie; Weiss, MichaelThe Oberwolfach conference “Topologie” is one of the few occasions where researchers from many different areas in algebraic and geometric topology are able to meet and exchange ideas. Accordingly, the program covered a wide range of new developments in such fields as classification of manifolds, isomorphism conjectures, geometric topology, and homotopy theory. More specifically, we discussed progress on problems such as the Farrell-Jones conjecture, higher dimensional analogues of Harer’s homological stability of automorphism groups of manifolds and new algebraic concepts for equivariant spectra, to mention just a few subjects. One of the highlights was a series of four talks on new methods and results about the Farrell-Jones conjecture by Arthur Bartels and Wolfgang Lück.
- ItemRecent Developments in the Numerics of Nonlinear Hyperbolic Conservation Laws(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2015) Hundsdorfer, Willem; Meister, Andreas; Sonar, ThomasThe development of reliable numerical methods for the simulation of real life problems requires both a fundamental knowledge in the field of numerical analysis and a proper experience in practical applications as well as their mathematical modeling. Thus, the purpose of the workshop was to bring together experts not only from the field of applied mathematics but also from civil and mechanical engineering working in the area of modern high order methods for the solution of partial differential equations or even approximation theory necessary to improve the accuracy as well as robustness of numerical algorithms.
- ItemScaling Limits in Models of Statistical Mechanics(Zürich : EMS Publ. House, 2012) Biskup, Marek; van der Hofstad, Remco; Sidoravicius, VladasThis has been the third workshop around Statistical Mechanics organized in the last 6 years. The main topic consisted of spatial random processes and their connections to statistical mechanics. The common underlying theme of the subjects discussed at the meeting is the existence of a scaling limit, i.e., a continuum object that approximates the discrete one under study at sufficiently large spatial scales. The specific topics that have been discussed included two-dimensional and high-dimensional critical models, random graphs and various random geometric problems, such as random interlacements, polymers, etc. The workshop bolstered interactions between groups of researchers in these areas and led to interesting and fruitful exchanges of ideas.