Orientador: Alexandre Ananin / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T08:38:27Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Goncalves_EduardoCarvalhoBento_M.pdf: 2390910 bytes, checksum: fac0be229bed582ba6336532e52d2cd1 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010 / Resumo: Primeiramente, apresentamos uma introdução à geometria hiperbólica plana que pode ser útil, inclusive, para um principiante. A seguir, utilizando o conceito de "terremoto simples", descrevemos explicitamente, em termos de algumas coordenadas naturais, o espaço de Teichmüller T Hn de superfícies hiperelípticas. Esta descrição resulta simples: T Hn é o espaço de determinadas (2n ? 6)-uplas de pontos no bordo ideal do plano hiperbólico. Partindo da descrição em questão, diversos resultados são apresentados, incluindo: um critério simples e efetivo que permite verificar se uma dada representação de um grupo de superfície no grupo de isometrias do plano hiperbólico é fiel e discreta; uma demonstração nova e elementar de um resultado de W. Goldman caracterizando as representações fiéis e discretas como aquelas que têm invariante de Toledo maximal; uma demonstração nova e elementar de um teorema de D. Toledo referente à rigidez de representações de grupos de superfície no grupo de isometrias holomorfas do espaço hiperbólico complexo / Abstract: First, we present an introduction to plane hyperbolic geometry, which may be useful even for a beginner. Next, using the concept of "simple earthquake", we explicitly describe, in terms of some natural coordinates, the Teichmüller space T Hn of hyperelliptic surfaces. This description turns out to be simple: T Hn is the space of certain (2n ? 6)-tuples of points in the ideal boundary of the hyperbolic plane. Based on the description in question, many results are presented, including: a simple and effective criterion which allows one to verify if a given representation of a surface group in the group of isometries of the hyperbolic plane is faithful and discrete; a new and elementary proof for a result of W. Goldman, which characterizes the faithful and discrete representations as being those which have maximal Toledo invariant; a new and elementary proof for a theorem of D. Toledo, relative to the rigidity of representations of surface groups in the group of holomorphic isometries of the complex hyperbolic space. key-words: Area, discreteness, representations, plane hyperbolic geometry, Teichmüller space, complex hyperbolic geometry / Mestrado / Geometria / Mestre em Matemática

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At many American colleges and universities, efforts to enhance the retention of a diverse group of students have become a priority. This study represents part of this effort at the University of Central Florida, a large public suburban state university in the South. Specifically, this investigation evaluated Pegasus '95 and the Academic Mentoring Program offered in the Summer and Fall Semesters of 1995 to specially-admitted students who fell short of regular admissions requirements. During the summer, Pegasus '95 provided testing, orientation, guided course work, study skills workshops, and mentoring, both individually and in the context of cohesive socialization groups of approximately 15 students each. In the Fall 1995 Semester, students were highly encouraged to participate in one-on-one mentoring in the Academic Mentoring Program (AMP) available through the Student Academic Resource Center (SARC), a university-based office which provides a variety of academic assistance services. A multiple regression analysis was conducted using the following independent predictor variables: gender, SAT/ACT scores, Pegasus participation, use of the AMP in the Fall 1995 semester, four summary scores from the College Student Inventory (CSI), and eight scaled scores from the Noncognitive Questionnaire (NCQ). Dependent variables were individual student GPA in the Summer and Fall 1995 semesters, cumulative GPA after two semesters, and enrolled credit hours into the Spring 1996 academic term. Overall, it was expected that a combination of predictor variables, including both traditional cognitive factors (SAT/ACT scores and high school GPA) and noncognitive factors (NCQ scores and CSI scores, Pegasus participation, and mentoring by the SARC) would significantly predict GP A and retention. The study found that a regression equation including gender, high school GPA, overall SAT scores and the eight NCQ scale scores significantly predicted Fall 1995 and cumulative GPA after two semesters but not Summer 1995 GPA or credit hours enrolled in Spring 1996. Attendance at Pegasus meetings was also shown to be significantly and positively associated with Fall 1995 GPA and cumulative GPA after two semesters but not of Summer 1995 GPA or credit hours enrolled in Spring 1996. Gender, high school GP A, the ACT score and the CSI Dropout Proneness scale significantly predicted credit hours enrolled in Spring 1996, as did use of the AMP program provided by the SARC. Of particular interest was the finding that including noncognitive factors in significant equations led to a greater explanation of the variance than could be obtained with any of the traditional cognitive measurements alone, suggesting that with academically disadvantaged students noncognitive measures must be considered in predicting who can succeed and persist in college.

Orientadores: Reginaldo Palazzo Júnior, Cátia Regina de Oliveira Quilles Queiroz / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T14:53:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Benedito_CintyaWinkdeOliveira_D.pdf: 1485856 bytes, checksum: 50adbb3cffa1343c4a0cd9b3d7586173 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Na busca por novos sistemas de comunicações muitos trabalhos têm sido realizados com o objetivo de obter constelações de sinais e códigos geometricamente uniformes no plano hiperbólico. Neste contexto, nossa proposta é identificar uma estrutura algébrica e geométrica para que códigos e reticulados possam ser construídos neste espaço. O problema central deste trabalho consiste em construir grupos fuchsianos provenientes de tesselações hiperbólicas regulares {p,q} utilizando diversos tipos de emparelhamentos e identificá-los com álgebras e ordens dos quatérnios, definindo-os assim como aritmético. Desta forma, propomos um algoritmo para construir grupos fuchsianos aritméticos provenientes de tesselações hiperbólicas regulares {p,q} cujo polígono hiperbólico regular gera uma superfície orientada de gênero maior ou igual a dois. Para isso, fornecemos uma condição necessária para que estes grupos possam ser obtidos, esta condição será denominada condição de Fermat devido a sua identificação com os números de Fermat. Através da construção destes grupos, mostramos que existe um isomorfismo entre dois grupos fuchsianos aritméticos provenientes de uma tesselação {p,q} a partir de emparelhamentos diferentes. Além disso, descrevemos alguns dos corpos de números que utilizamos para construir grupos fuchsianos aritméticos, como subcorpos maximais reais de corpos ciclotômicos, a fim de propor uma relação entre os reticulados hiperbólicos e os reticulados euclidianos. Reticulados hiperbólicos completos obtidos através da identificação de grupos fuchsianos com ordens maximais dos quatérnios também são apresentados. Desta forma, obtemos um rotulamento completo dos pontos da constelação de sinal associada / Abstract: In the search for new communications systems many studies have been conducted with the goal of obtaining signal constellations and geometrically uniform codes in the hyperbolic plane. In this context, our proposal is to identify an algebraic and geometric structures for constructing codes and lattices in this space. The central problem of this work is to construct fuchsian groups derived from hyperbolic tessellations {p,q} using different edge-pairings sets and identify them with quaternion algebras and quaternion orders, by setting it as arithmetic. We also propose an algorithm to construct arithmetic fuchsian groups from a tessellation {p,q} whose regular hyperbolic polygon generates an oriented and compact surface with genus greater or equal than 2. For that we provide a necessary condition for these groups to be obtained, this necessary condition is called Fermat condition due to its identification with the Fermat numbers. By the construction of these groups, it is also shown an isomorphism between two arithmetic fuchsian groups derived from a tessellation {p,q} via different edge-pairings sets. Furthermore, we will describe some of the number fields that we use to construct arithmetic fuchsian groups as maximal real subfields of cyclotomic fields in order to propose a relationship between hyperbolic lattices and euclidean lattices. Complete hyperbolic lattices obtained by identifying fuchsian groups with maximal quaternion orders will also be presented. In this way we have a complete labeling of the points of the corresponding signal constellation / Doutorado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Doutora em Engenharia Elétrica

Ma thèse se situe à l'intersection de \textit {la théorie des groupes géométrique} et \textit{la théorie des groupes mesurée}. Une question majeure dans la théorie des groupes géométrique est d'étudier la classe de quasi-isométrie (QI) et la classe d'équivalence mesurée (ME) d'un groupe, respectivement. $L^p$-équivalence mesurée est une relation d'équivalence qui est définie en ajoutant des contraintes géométriques avec d'équivalence mesurée. En plus, QI est une condition géométrique. Il est une question naturelle, si deux groupes sont QI et ME, si elles sont $L^p$-ME pour certains $p>0$. Dans mon premier article, en collaboration avec R. Tessera, nous répondons négativement à cette question pour $p\geq 1$, montrant que l'extension centrale canonique d'un groupe surface de genre plus élevé ne sont pas $L^1$-ME pour le produit direct de ce groupe de surface avec $\mathbb{Z}$ (alors qu'ils sont à la fois quasi-isométrique et équivalente mesurée).Dans mon deuxième papier, j'ai observé un lien général entre la géométrie des expandeurs, defini comme une séquence des quotients finis ( l'espace de boîte) d'un groupe finiment engendré, et les propriétés mesurée theorique du groupe. Plus précisément, je l'ai prouvé que si deux <<espaces de boîte>> sont quasi-isométrique, les groupes correspondants doivent être <<mesurée équivalente uniformément >>, une notion qui combine à la fois QI et ME. Je prouve aussi une version de ce résultat pour le plongement grossière, ce qui permet de distinguer plusieurs classe des expandeurs. Par exemple, je montre que les expandeurs associé à $SL(m, \mathbb{Z})$ ne grossièrement plongent à les expandeurs associés à $SL_n(\mathbb{Z})$ si $m>n$. / My thesis lies at the intersection of \textit{geometric group theory} and \textit{measured group theory}. A major question in geometric group theory is to study the quasi-isometry (QI) class and the measure equivalence (ME) class of a group, respectively. $L^p$-measure equivalence is an equivalence relation which is defined by adding some geometric constraints with measure equivalence. Besides, quasi-isometry is a geometric condition. It is a natural question if two groups are QI and ME, whether they are $L^p$-ME for some $p>0$. In my first paper, together with R. Tessera, we answer this question negatively for $p\geq 1$, showing that the canonical central extension of a surface group of higher genus is not $L^1$-ME to the direct product of this surface group with $\mathbb{Z}$ (while they are both quasi-isometric and measure equivalent). In my second paper, I observed a general link between the geometry of expanders arising as a sequence of finite quotients (box space) of a finitely generated group, and the measured theoretic properties of the group. More precisely, I proved that if two box spaces' are quasi-isometric, then the corresponding groups must be `uniformly measure equivalent', a notion that combines both quasi-isometry and measure equivalence. I also prove a version of this result for coarse embedding, allowing to distinguish many classes of expanders. For instance, I show that the expanders associated to $SL(m,\mathbb{Z})$ do not coarsely embed inside the expanders associated to $SL_n(\mathbb{Z}$ if $m>n$.