We use toric symmetry and blowups to study relationships in the Gromov-Witten theories of $\mathbb{P}^3$ and $\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1$. These two spaces are birationally equivalent via the common blowup space, the permutohedral variety. We prove an equivalence of certain invariants on blowups at only points of $\mathbb{P}^3$ and $\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1$ by showing that these invariants descend from the blowup. Further, the permutohedral variety has nontrivial automorphisms of its cohomology coming from toric symmetry. These symmetries can be forced to descend to the blowups at just points of $\mathbb{P}^3$ and $\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1\!\times\!\mathbb{P}^1$. Enumerative consequences are discussed.

We study the K-theory and cohomology of spaces of aperiodic and repetitive tilings with finite local complexity. Given such a tiling, we build a spectral sequence converging to its K-theory and define a new cohomology (PV cohomology) that appears naturally in the second page of this spectral sequence. This spectral sequence can be seen as a generalization of the Leray-Serre spectral sequence and the PV cohomology generalizes the cohomology of the base space of a Serre fibration with local coefficients in the K-theory of its fiber. We prove that the PV cohomology of such a tiling is isomorphic to the Cech cohomology of its hull. We give examples of explicit calculations of PV cohomology for a class of 1-dimensional tilings (obtained by cut-and-projection of a 2-dimensional lattice). We also study the groupoid of the transversal of the hull of such tilings and show that they can be recovered: 1) from inverse limit of simpler groupoids (which are quotients of free categories generated by finite graphs), and 2) from an inverse semi group that arises from PV cohomology. The underslying Delone set of punctures of such tilings modelizes the atomics positions in an aperiodic solid at zero temperature. We also present a study of (classical and harmonic) vibrational waves of low energy on such solids (acoustic phonons). We establish that the energy functional (the "matrix of spring constants" which describes the vibrations of the atoms around their equilibrium positions) behaves like a Laplacian at low energy.

Orientador: Ermínia de Lourdes Campello Fanti / Banca: Fernanda Soares Pinto Cardona / Banca: Maria Gorete Carreira Andrade / Resumo: Neste trabalho são abordados alguns aspectos da teoria de dualidade. Ele pode ser dividido em três partes principais. Na primeira demonstramos o teorema de Dualidade de Poincaré para variedades (sem bordo) orientáveis. Para tanto, fez-se necessário o uso do limite direto e cohomologia com suporte compacto. Na segunda definimos grupos de dualidade, em particular, grupo de dualidade de Poincaré, apresentamos alguns resultados e observações sobre a relação existente entre tais grupos e os grupos fundamentais de variedades asféricas fechadas, que é ainda um problema em aberto. Finalmente, alguns resultados envolvendo invariantes cohomológicos "ends" e grupos de dualidade são apresentados. / Abstract: In this work we consider some aspects of duality theory. It can be divided in three principal parts. In the first we prove the Poincaré Duality theorem for orientable manifolds (without boundary). For that, it is necessary the use of the direct limit and cohomology with compact supports. In the second part we de¯ne duality groups, in particular, Poincaré duality groups, we introduce some results and observations about the relationship between such groups and fundamental groups of aspherical closed manifolds, that still is an open problem. Finally, some results envolving the cohomological invariant "ends" and duality groups are presented. / Mestre

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:26:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-04-12Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T19:55:23Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 santos_ap_me_sjrp.pdf: 749833 bytes, checksum: 8be58c6f81e3ac600ff8f26430348533 (MD5) / Para todo grupo G infinito, finitamente gerado, pode-se obter para o invariante algébrico end, mais precisamente o número de ends e(G), uma fórmula cohomológica 1-dimensional. O principal objetivo deste trabalho é apresentar, sob certas hipóteses, uma fórmula cohomológica 1-dimensional para o invariante algébrico e(G,H), definido por Scott e Houghton, onde H é um subgrupo de G (Teorema de Swarup). Para tanto, o conceito de subconjunto H-quase invariante de G e resultados como a interpretação do grupo de cohomologia H1(G,M) em termos de derivações (à direita), onde M é um ZG-módulo, e o Lema de Shapiro, são resultados imprescindíveis. Algumas relações desses invariantes com ends de espaços são também apresentadas. / For all infinite group G, finitely generated, one can obtain for the algebric invariant end, more precisely the number of ends e(G), a cohomological 1-dimensional formula. The main objective of this work is to present, under certain hypotheses, a cohomological 1-dimensional formula for the algebric invariant e(G,H), defined by Scott and Houghton, where H is a subgroup of G (Swarup's Theorem). In order to do so, the concept of subset H-almost invariant of G and results like the interpretation of the cohomological group H1(G,M) in terms of derivations (to the right), where M is a ZG-module, and the Shapiro's Lemma, are fundamental results. Some relations of these invariants with space ends are also presented.

In this thesis we classify singular vectors in scalar parabolic Verma modules for those pairs (sl(n, C), p) of complex Lie algebras where the homogeneous space SL(n, C)/P is the Grassmannian of k-planes in Cn . We calculate cohomology of nilpotent radicals with values in certain unitarizable highest weight modules. According to [BH09] these modules have BGG resolutions with weights determined by this cohomology. Such resolutions induce complexes of invariant differential operators on sections of associated bundles over Hermitian symmetric spaces. We describe formal completions of unitarizable highest weight modules that one can use to modify method from [CD01] that constructs sequences of differential operators over any 1-graded (aka almost Hermitian) geometry. We suggest uniform description of octonionic planes that could serve as a basis for better understanding of the exceptional Hermitian symmetric space for group E6.

We introduce the formalism of supersymmetric quantum mechanics, including super-symmetry charges,Z2-graded Hilbert spaces, the chirality operator and the Wittenindex. We show that there is a one to one correspondence of fermions and bosons forenergies different than zero, which implies that the Witten index measures the dif-ference of fermions and bosons at the ground state. We argue that the Witten indexis the index of an elliptic operator. Quantization of the supersymmetric non-linearsigma model shows that the Witten index equals the Euler characteristic of the un-derlying Riemannian manifold over which the theory is defined. Finally, the pathintegral representation of the Witten index is applied to derive the Gauss-Bonnettheorem. Apart from this we introduce elementary mathematical background in thesubjects of topological invariance, Riemannian manifolds and index theory / Vi introducucerar formalismen f ̈or supersymmetrisk kvantmekanik, d ̈aribland super-symmetryladdningar,Z2-graderade Hilbertrum, kiralitetsoperatorn och Wittenin-dexet. Vi visar att det r ̊ader en till en-korrespondens mellan fermioner och bosonervid energiniv ̊aer skillda fr ̊an noll, vilket medf ̈or att Wittenindexet m ̈ater skillnadeni antal fermioner och bosoner vid nolltillst ̊andet. Vi argumenterar f ̈or att Wittenin-dexet ̈ar indexet p ̊a en elliptisk operator. Kvantisering av den supersymmetriskaicke-linj ̈ara sigmamodellen visar att Wittenindexet ̈ar Eulerkarakteristiken f ̈or denunderliggande Riemannska m ̊angfald ̈over vilken teorin ̈ar definierad. Slutligenapplicerar vi v ̈agintegralrepresentationen av Wittenindexet f ̈or att h ̈arleda Gauss-Bonnets sats. Ut ̈over detta introduceras ocks ̊a grundl ̈aggande matematisk bakrundi ämnena topologisk invarians, Riemmanska m ̊angfalder och indexteori.

We will show that the only connected Euclidean spheres admitting a structure of Lie group are S1 and S3, for all n greater than or equal to 1. We will do this through the study of properties of the De Rham cohomology groups of sphere Sn and of compact connected Lie groups. / Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas / Mostraremos que as únicas esferas euclidianas conexas que admitem uma estrutura de grupo de Lie são S1 e S3, para todo n maior ou igual a 1. Faremos isso por intermédio do estudo de propriedades dos grupos de cohomologia de De Rham das esfereas Sn e dos grupos de Lie compactos e conexos.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / Nesta dissertação, descrevemos resultados obtidos por Hilário Alencar e A. Gervasio Colares, publicado no Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry em 1998. Inicialmente, obtemos fórmulas integrais para a curvatura r-média, as quais generalizam fórmulas de Minkowski. Além disso, usando estas fórmulas, caracterizamos as hipersuperfícies compactas imersas no espaço Euclidiano, esférico ou hiperbólico cujo conjunto de pontos nestes espaços que não pertencem as hipersuperfícies totalmente geodésicas tangentes às hipersuperfícies compactas é aberto e não vazio. Outrossim, obtemos ainda resultados relacionados com a estabilidade. As demonstrações destes resultados são obtidas através da fórmula integral de Dirichlet para o operador linearizado da curvatura r-média de uma hipersuperfície imersa no espaço Euclidiano, esférico ou hiperbólico, bem como do uso de um resultado recente provado por Hilário Alencar, Walcy Santos e Detang Zhou no preprint Curvature Integral Estimates for Complete Hypersurfaces. Ressaltamos que esta dissertação foi baseada na versão corrigida por Hilário Alencar do artigo publicado no Annals of Global Analysis and Geometry.

Generalized geometry of type B_n is the study of geometric structures in T+T^*+1, the sum of the tangent and cotangent bundles of a manifold and a trivial rank 1 bundle. The symmetries of this theory include, apart from B-fields, the novel A-fields. The relation between B_n-geometry and usual generalized geometry is stated via generalized reduction. We show that it is possible to twist T+T^*+1 by choosing a closed 2-form F and a 3-form H such that dH+F²=0. This motivates the definition of an odd exact Courant algebroid. When twisting, the differential on forms gets twisted by d+Fτ+H. We compute the cohomology of this differential, give some examples, and state its relation with T-duality when F is integral. We define B_n-generalized complex structures (B_n-gcs), which exist both in even and odd dimensional manifolds. We show that complex, symplectic, cosymplectic and normal almost contact structures are examples of B_n-gcs. A B_n-gcs is equivalent to a decomposition (T+T^*+1)_ℂ= L + L + U. We show that there is a differential operator on the exterior bundle of L+U, which turns L+U into a Lie algebroid by considering the derived bracket. We state and prove the Maurer-Cartan equation for a B_n-gcs. We then work on surfaces. By the irreducibility of the spinor representations for signature (n+1,n), there is no distinction between even and odd B_n-gcs, so the type change phenomenon already occurs on surfaces. We deal with normal forms and L+U-cohomology. We finish by defining G²₂-structures on 3-manifolds, a structure with no analogue in usual generalized geometry. We prove an analogue of the Moser argument and describe the cone of G²₂-structures in cohomology.