A dissertação tem como tema as álgebras de Lie. Especificamente álgebras de Lie semi-simples e suas propriedades . Para encontramos essas propriedades estudamos os conceitos básicos da teoria das álgebras de Lie e suas representações. Então fizemos a classificação dessas álgebras por diagramas de Dynkin explicitando quais os possíveis diagramas que são associados a uma álgebra de Lie semi-simples. Por fim, demonstramos vários resultados concernentes a essa classificação, dentre esses, o principal resultado demonstrado foi: os diagramas de Dynkin são um invariante completo das álgebras de Lie semi-simples / The dissertation has the theme Lie algebras. Specifically semi-simple Lie algebras and its properties. To find these properties we studied the basic concepts of the theory of Lie algebras and their representations. Then we did the classification by Dynkin diagrams of these algebras and explaining the possible diagrams that are associated with a semi-simple Lie algebra. Finally, we demonstrate several results related to this classification, among these, the main result demonstrated was: the Dynkin diagrams are a complete invariant of semi-simple Lie algebras

[pt] Esta dissertação tem como objetivo exibir uma fórmula para cálcular o anel de cohomologia de um fibrado flag homogêneo de um grupo de Lie G compacto e conexo. Para concluir o resultado é usado a cohomologia equivariante, em particular, sua abordagem mais algébrica. Isto implica introduzir G- módulos e sua teoria equivariante, o que passa também por introduzir a álgebra de Weil, o modelo de Cartan e o homomorfismo característico. A demonstração do resultado também está fortemente baseada nas propriedades algébricas dos toros maximais de G. / [en] The purpose of this dissertation is to present a formula for calculating the cohomology ring of a homogeneous flag bundles of a compact and connected Lie G group. To conclude the result, the equivalent cohomology is used, in particular, its more algebraic approach. This implies introducing G modules and their equivalent theory, which also involves introducing Weil algebra, Cartans model and characteristic homomorphism. The income statement is also strongly based on the algebraic properties of the maximal torus of G.

Ce mémoire traite des structures affines et de leur rapport à la géométrie de l'information. Nous y introduisons la notion de T-plongement. Il permet de montrer que l'ensemble des structures affines complètes du tore T^2 est une courbe projective de RP^2. En substituant à la contrainte topologique (compacité) une contrainte dynamique (action canonique de Aff_0(1) dans le démi-plan de Poincaré H^2)on démontre que l'ensemble S des structures Aff_0(1)-invariantes dans H^2 est une surface projective connexe dans RP^5 ne contenant aucun point complet. Un de mes résultats remarquables concerne la classification des éléments de S pour la relation d'isomorphisme.Nous exploitons un outil récent: la KV-cohomologie. Outre le rôle fondamental joué par la KV-cohomologie dans l'étude des points rigides dans certains modules des structures affines, elle nous a permis d'aborder avec succès une problématique qui est au centre de la géométrie de l'information. Cette problématique concerne la détermination des structures affines invariantes dans les variétés modèles statistiques qui sont invariantes par toute transformation non singulière de l'espace des paramètres. Celles-ci ont une signification pertinente en statistique. / This dissertation deals with modules of affinely flat structure and with their relationships between these structures and the information geometry. The so-called T-embedding is used to prove that the set of complete locally flat structures is an irreducible projective curve in RP^2. In the same way we prove that the set S of Aff_0(1)-invariant locally flat structure in H^2 is a connected projective surface in RP^5, which does not contain any complete point. We also give the classification up to isomorphism of S. We use the KV-cohomology to study the rigidity problem for locally flat structures. The main concern of information geometry is the study of geometrical invariants in statistical models. We perform the KV-cohomology to bring in control this problem.

Ce mémoire est une contribution à la résolution du problème d'équivalence pour les variétés de Cauchy-Riemann en dimension inférieure ou égale à 5. On traite d'abord du cas des variétés CR de dimension 5, qui sont 2-nondégénérées et de rang de Levi constant égal à 1. Pour une telle variété, on obtient deux invariants, J et W, dont l'annulation simultanée caractérise l'équivalence locale à une variété modèle, le tube au-dessus du cône de lumière. Si l'un des deux invariants ne s'annule pas, on construit un parallélisme absolu, i.e. on montre que le problème d'équivalence se réduit à un problème d'équivalence entre {e}-structures de dimension 5. On étudie ensuite le problème d'équivalence pour certaines variétés CR de dimension 4 appelées variétés de Engel. Ce problème est résolu par la construction d'une connexion de Cartan sur un fibré principal de dimension 5. On traite ensuite du cas de variétés CR de dimension 5 dont le fibré CR vérifie une certaine hypothèse de dégénérecence. Le problème d'équivalence est résolu dans ce cas par la construction d'une connexion de Cartan sur un fibré de dimension 6. Enfin, on détermine les algèbres de Lie des automorphismes infinitésimaux des modèles pour les trois classes de variétés CR étudiées. / This memoir contributes to solve the equivalence problem for CR-manifolds in dimension up to 5. We first deal with the equivalence problem for 5-dimensional CR-manifolds which are 2-nondegenerate and of constant Levi rank 1. For such a manifold M, we find two invariants, J and W, the annulation of which gives a necessary and sufficient condition for M to be locally CR-equivalent to a model hypersurface, the tube over the light cone. If one of the invariants does not vanish on M, we construct an absolute parallelism on M, that is we show that the equivalence problem reduces to an equivalence problem between 5-dimensional {e}-structures. We then study the equivalence problem for 4-dimensional CR-manifolds which are known as Engel manifolds. This problem is solved by the construction of a canonical Cartan connection on a 5-dimensional bundle through Cartan's equivalence method. We also study the equivalence problem for 5-dimensional CR-manifolds whose CR-bundle satisfies a certain degeneracy assumption, and show that in this case, the problem is solved by the construction of a Cartan connection on a 6-dimensional bundle. The last part of this memoir is devoted to the determination of the Lie algebra of infinitesimal automorphisms for the model manifolds of the three previous classes.

Es wird die Twistorgleichung auf Lorentz-Spin-Mannigfaltigkeiten untersucht. Bekanntermaßen existieren Lösungen der Twistorgleichung auf den pp-Mannigfaltigkeiten, den Lorentz-Einstein-Sasaki Mannigfaltigkeiten und den Fefferman-Räumen. Es wird gezeigt, dass in den kleinen Dimensionen 3,4 und 5 Twistor-Spinoren ohne 'Singularitäten' nur für diese genannten Lorentz-Geometrien vorkommen. Von besonderem Interesse sind Lösungen der Twistorgleichung mit Nullstellen. Es wird die Gestalt der Nullstellenmenge von konformen Vektorfeldern und Twistor-Spinoren beschrieben. Weiterhin wird die Twistorgleichung im Kontext der konformen Cartan-Geometrie formuliert. Als Anwendung werden konform-flache semi-Riemannsche Spin-Mannigfaltigkeiten mit Twistor-Spinoren unter Zuhilfenahme der Holonomiedarstellung der ersten Fundamentalgruppe charakterisiert. Abschließend wird eine Anwendung des Twistorraumes einer Lorentz-4-Mannigfaltigkeit in der Flächentheorie diskutiert. Dabei zeigen wir eine Korrespondenz zwischen holomorphen Kurven im Twistorraum und raumartig immergierten Flächen mit lichtartigem mittlerem Krümmungsvektor. Beispielhaft werden solche Flächen in den Lorentzschen Raumformen der Dimension 4 konstruiert. / The twistor equation on Lorentzian spin manifolds is investigated. Known solutions of the twistor equation exist on the pp-manifolds, the Lorentz-Einstein-Sasaki manifolds and the Fefferman spaces. It is shown that in the low dimensions 3,4 and 5 twistor spinors without 'singularities' appear only for these mentioned Lorentzian spin geometries. Solutions of the twistor equation with zeros are of particular interest. The shape of the zero set of conformal vector fields and twistor spinors is described. Moreover, the twistor equation is formulated in the context of conformal Cartan geometry. As an application the conformally flat semi-Riemannian spin spaces with twistor spinors are characterized by the holonomy representation of the first fundamental group. Finally, we discuss an application of the twistor space of a Lorentzian 4-manifold in surface theory. Thereby, we prove a correspondence between holomorphic curves in the twistor space and spacelike immersed surfaces with lightlike mean curvature vector. Exemplary, such surfaces are constructed in the Lorentzian space forms of dimension 4.

La reconstruction 3D d’objets à partir de plusieurs images est un objectif important de la vision par ordinateur. Elle a été largement étudiée pour les objets rigides et non rigides (ou déformables). Le Structure-from-Motion (SfM) est un algorithme qui effectue la reconstruction 3D d’objets rigides en utilisant le mouvement visuel entre plusieurs images obtenues à l’aide d’une caméra en mouvement. Le SfM est une solution très précise et stable. La reconstruction 3D déformable a été largement étudiée pour les images monoculaires (obtenues à partir d’une seule caméra) mais reste un problème ouvert. Les méthodes actuelles exploitent des indices visuels tels que le mouvement visuel inter-image et l’ombrage afin de construire un algorithme de reconstruction. Cette thèse se concentre sur l’utilisation du mouvement visuel inter-image pour résoudre ce problème. Deux types de scénarios existent dans la littérature : 1) le Non-Rigid Structure-from-Motion (NRSfM) et 2) le Shape-from-Template (SfT). L’objectif du NRSfM est de reconstruire plusieurs formes d’un objet déformable tel qu’il apparaît dans plusieurs images, alors que le SfT (également appelé reconstruction à partir d’un modèle de référence) utilise une seule image d’un objet déformé et son modèle 3D de référence (une forme 3D texturée de l’objet dans une configuration) pour estimer la forme déformée de l’objet. (...) / Reconstructing the 3D shape of objects from multiple images is an important goal in computer vision and has been extensively studied for both rigid and non-rigid (or deformable) objects. Structure-from-Motion (SfM) is an algorithm that performs the 3D reconstruction of rigid objects using the inter-image visual motion from multiple images obtained from a moving camera. SfM is a very accurate and stable solution. Deformable 3D reconstruction, however, has been widely studied for monocular images (obtained from a single camera) and still remains an open research problem. The current methods exploit visual cues such as the inter-image visual motion and shading in order to formalise a reconstruction algorithm. This thesis focuses on the use of the inter-image visual motion for solving this problem. Two types of scenarios exist in the literature: 1) Non-Rigid Structure-from-Motion (NRSfM) and 2) Shape-from-Template (SfT). The goal of NRSfM is to reconstruct multiple shapes of a deformable object as viewed in multiple images while SfT (also referred to as template-based reconstruction) uses a single image of a deformed object and its 3D template (a textured 3D shape of the object in one configuration) to recover the deformed shape of the object. We propose an NRSfM method to reconstruct the deformable surfaces undergoing isometric deformations (the objects do not stretch or shrink under an isometric deformation) using Riemannian geometry. This allows NRSfM to be expressed in terms of Partial Differential Equations (PDE) and to be solved algebraically. We show that the problem has linear complexity and the reconstruction algorithm has a very low computational cost compared to existing NRSfM methods. This work motivated us to use differential geometry and Cartan’s theory of connections to model NRSfM, which led to the possibility of extending the solution to deformations other than isometry. In fact, this led to a unified theoretical framework for modelling and solving both NRSfM and SfT for various types of deformations. In addition, it also makes it possible to have a solution to SfT which does not require an explicit modelling of deformation. An important point is that most of the NRSfM and SfT methods reconstruct the thin-shell surface of the object. The reconstruction of the entire volume (the thin-shell surface and the interior) has not been explored yet. We propose the first SfT method that reconstructs the entire volume of a deformable object.

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A maneira mais simples de se modelar a energia escura consiste em introduzir uma constante cosmológica positiva nas equações de Einstein, cuja solução no vácuo é então dada pelo espaço de de Sitter. Isso, por sua vez, indica que a cinemática subjacente ao espaço-tempo deve ser aproximadamente governada pelo grupo de de Sitter SO(1,4), e não pelo grupo de Poincaré ISO(1,3). Nesta tese, adotamos tal argumento como base para a conjectura de que o grupo que governa a cinemática local é o grupo de de Sitter, com o desvio em relação ao grupo de Poincaré dependendo ponto-a-ponto do valor de um termo cosmológico variável. Com o propósito de desenvolver tal formalismo, estudamos a geometria de Cartan na qual o espaço modelo de Klein é, em cada ponto, um espaço de de Sitter com o conjunto de pseudo-raios definindo uma função não-constante do espaço-tempo. Encontramos que o tensor de torção nessa geometria adquire uma contribuição que não está presente no caso de uma constante cosmológica. Fazendo uso da teoria das realizações não-lineares, estendemos a classe de simetrias do grupo de Lorentz SO(1,3) para o grupo de de Sitter. Em seguida, verificamos que a estrutura da gravitação teleparalela--- uma teoria gravitacional equivalente à relatividade geral--- é uma geometria de Riemann-Cartan não linear. Inspirados nesse resultado, construímos uma generalização da gravitação teleparalela sobre uma geometria de de Sitter--Cartan com um termo cosmológico dado por uma função do espaço-tempo, a qual é consistente com uma cinemática localmente governada pelo grupo de de Sitter. A função cosmológica possui sua própria dinâmica e emerge naturalmente acoplada não-minimalmente ao campo gravitacional, analogamente ao que ocorre nos modelos telaparalelos de energia escura ou em teorias de gravitação escalares-tensoriais. Característica peculiar do modelo aqui desenvolvido, a função cosmológica fornece uma contribuição para o desvio geodésico de partículas adjacentes em queda livre. Embora tendo sua própria dinâmica, a energia escura manifesta-se como um efeito da cinemática local do espaço-tempo. / Observations during the last three decades have confirmed thatthe universe momentarily expands at an accelerated rate, which is assumed to be driven by dark energy whose origin remains unknown. The minimal manner of modelling dark energy is to include a positive cosmological constant in Einstein's equations, whose solution in vacuum is de Sitter space. This indicates that the large-scale kinematics of spacetime is approximated by the de Sitter group SO(1,4) rather than the Poincaré group ISO(1,3). In this thesis we take this consideration to heart and conjecture that the group governing the local kinematics of physics is the de Sitter group, so that the amount to which it is a deformation of the Poincaré group depends pointwise on the value of a nonconstant cosmological function. With the objective of constructing such a framework we study the Cartan geometry in which the model Klein space is at each point a de Sitter space for which the combined set of pseudoradii forms a nonconstant function on spacetime. We find that the torsion receives a contribution that is not present for a cosmological constant. Invoking the theory of nonlinear realizations we extend the class of symmetries from the Lorentz group SO(1,3) to the enclosing de Sitter group. Subsequently, we find that the geometric structure of teleparallel gravity--- a description for the gravitational interaction physically equivalent to general relativity--- is a nonlinear Riemann--Cartan geometry.This finally inspires us to build on top of a de Sitter--Cartan geometry with a cosmological function a generalization of teleparallel gravity that is consistent with a kinematics locally regulated by the de Sitter group. The cosmological function is given its own dynamics and naturally emerges nonminimally coupled to the gravitational field in a manner akin to teleparallel dark energy models or scalar-tensor theories in general relativity. New in the theory here presented, the cosmological function gives rise to a kinematic contribution in the deviation equation for the world lines of adjacent free-falling particles. While having its own dynamics, dark energy manifests itself in the local kinematics of spacetime.

Dans cette thèse je m'intéresse à des propriétés de rigidité de certaines constructions d'algèbres de von Neumann. Ces constructions relient la théorie des groupes et la théorie ergodique au monde des algèbres d'opérateurs. Il est donc naturel de s'interroger sur la force de ce lien et sur la possibilité d'un enrichissement mutuel dans ces différents domaines. Le Chapitre II traite des actions Gaussiennes. Ce sont des actions de groupes discrets préservant une mesure de probabilité qui généralisent les actions de Bernoulli. Dans un premier temps, j'étudie les propriétés d'ergodicité de ces actions à partir d'une analyse de leurs algèbres de von Neumann (voir Theorem II.1.22 et Corollary II.2.16). Ensuite, je classifie les algèbres de von Neumann associées à certaines actions Gaussiennes, à isomorphisme près, en montrant un résultat de W*-Superrigidité (Theorem II.4.5). Ces résultats généralisent des travaux analogues sur les actions de Bernoulli ([KT08,CI10,Io11,IPV13]).Dans le Chapitre III, j'étudie les produits libres amalgamés d'algèbres de von Neumann. Ce chapitre résulte d'une collaboration avec C. Houdayer et S. Raum. Nous analysons les sous-Algèbres de Cartan de tels produits libres amalgamés. Nous déduisons notamment de notre analyse que le produit libre de deux algèbres de von Neumann n'est jamais obtenu à partir d'une action d'un groupe sur un espace mesuré.Enfin, le Chapitre IV porte sur les algèbres de von Neumann associées à des groupes hyperboliques. Ce chapitre est obtenu en collaboration avec A. Carderi. Nous utilisons la géométrie des groupes hyperboliques pour fournir de nouveaux exemples de sous-Algèbres maximales moyennables (mais de type I) dans des facteurs II_1. / The purpose of this dissertation is to put on light rigidity properties of several constructions of von Neumann algebras. These constructions relate group theory and ergodic theory to operator algebras.In Chapter II, we study von Neumann algebras associated with measure-Preserving actions of discrete groups: Gaussian actions. These actions are somehow a generalization of Bernoulli actions. We have two goals in this chapter. The first goal is to use the von Neumann algebra associated with an action as a tool to deduce properties of the initial action (see Corollary II.2.16). The second aim is to prove structural results and classification results for von Neumann algebras associated with Gaussian actions. The most striking rigidity result of the chapter is Theorem II.4.5, which states that in some cases the von Neumann algebra associated with a Gaussian action entirely remembers the action, up to conjugacy. Our results generalize similar results for Bernoulli actions ([KT08,CI10,Io11,IPV13]).In Chapter III, we study amalgamated free products of von Neumann algebras. The content of this chapter is obtained in collaboration with C. Houdayer and S. Raum. We investigate Cartan subalgebras in such amalgamated free products. In particular, we deduce that the free product of two von Neumann algebras is never obtained as a group-Measure space construction of a non-Singular action of a discrete countable group on a measured space.Finally, Chapter IV is concerned with von Neumann algebras associated with hyperbolic groups. The content of this chapter is obtained in collaboration with A. Carderi. We use the geometry of hyperbolic groups to provide new examples of maximal amenable (and yet type I) subalgebras in type II_1 factors.

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Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / Neste trabalho vamos estudar hipersuperfÃcies M^n da esfera unitÃria S^{n+1} conexas completas com duas curvaturas principais distintas uma das quais de multiplicidade n-1 e possuindo k-Ãsima funÃÃo de curvatura nula Sob tais condiÃÃes vamos provar que o toro de Clifford à a Ãnica hipersuperfÃcie que satisfaz S maior que ou igual a n(k^2-2k+n)}/{k(n-k)}=c(n,k) onde S representa o quadrado da norma da segunda forma fundamental AlÃm disso vamos mostrar que no caso compacto a integral sobre M de S à menor que ou igual a c(n,k)vol(M) ocorrendo igualdade somente no toro de Clifford