[Truncated abstract] The study reported in this thesis extends the scaled boundary finite-element method to firstorder and second-order wave diffraction problems. The scaled boundary finite-element method is a newly developed semi-analytical technique to solve systems of partial differential equations. It works by employing a special local coordinate system, called scaled boundary coordinate system, to define the computational field, and then weakening the partial differential equation in the circumferential direction with the standard finite elements whilst keeping the equation strong in the radial direction, finally analytically solving the resulting system of equations, termed the scaled boundary finite-element equation. This unique feature of the scaled boundary finite-element method enables it to combine many of advantages of the finite-element method and the boundaryelement method with the features of its own. ... In this thesis, both first-order and second-order solutions of wave diffraction problems are presented in the context of scaled boundary finite-element analysis. In the first-order wave diffraction analysis, the boundary-value problems governed by the Laplace equation or by the Helmholtz equation are considered. The solution methods for bounded domains and unbounded domains are described in detail. The solution process is implemented and validated by practical numerical examples. The numerical examples examined include well benchmarked problems such as wave reflection and transmission by a single horizontal structure and by two structures with a small gap, wave radiation induced by oscillating bodies in heave, sway and roll motions, wave diffraction by vertical structures with circular, elliptical, rectangular cross sections and harbour oscillation problems. The numerical results are compared with the available analytical solutions, numerical solutions with other conventional numerical methods and experimental results to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the scaled boundary finite-element method. The computed results show that the scaled boundary finite-element method is able to accurately model the singularity of velocity field near sharp corners and to satisfy the radiation condition with ease. It is worth nothing that the scaled boundary finite-element method is completely free of irregular frequency problem that the Green's function methods often suffer from. For the second-order wave diffraction problem, this thesis develops solution schemes for both monochromatic wave and bichromatic wave cases, based on the analytical expression of first-order solution in the radial direction. It is found that the scaled boundary finiteelement method can produce accurate results of second-order wave loads, due to its high accuracy in calculating the first-order velocity field.

Dans cette thèse nous nous sommes intéressés de trois types de problèmes : 1 -Existence et unicité d’une fonction harmonique strictement positive associée à une marche aléatoire inhomogène confinée dans un orthant. 2 -Etude de la convergence en loi des arbres de Galton Watson critiques conditionnés à avoir un nombre assez grand de noeuds protégés. 3 -Etude de la convergence en loi des arbres de Galton Watson conditionnés à avoir une génération anormalement grande. / In this thesis we are interested in three types of problems: 1-Existence and uniqueness of a positive harmonic function associated with an inhomogeneous random walk confined in an orthant. 2-Study of convergence in distribution of critical Galton Watson trees conditioned to have a large enoughnumber of protected nodes. 3-Study of the convergence in distribution of Galton Watson trees conditioned to have a large generation.

Title: Baire and Harmonic Functions Author: Petr Pošta Department: Department of Mathematical Analysis Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Jaroslav Lukeš, DrSc., Department of Mathematical Analysis Abstract: The present thesis consists of six research papers. The first four articles deal with topics related to potential theory, Baire-one functions and its important subclasses, in particular differences of semicontinuous functions. The first paper is devoted to the stability of the Dirichlet problem for which a new criterion in terms of Poisson equation is provided. The second paper improves the recent result obtained by Lukeš et al. It shows that the classical Dirichlet solution belongs to the B1/2 subclass of Baire-one functions. A generalization of this result to the abstract context of the Choquet theory on functions spaces is provided. Finally, an abstract Dirichlet problem for the boundary condition belonging to the class of differences of semincontinuous functions is discussed. The third paper concentrates on the Lusin-Menshov property and the approximation of Baire- one and finely continuous functions by differences of semicontinuous and finely continuous functions. It provides an exposition of topologies (various density topologies as well as the fine topologies in both linear and non-linear potential...

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Après une présentation des notations usuelles de la théorie des graphes, on étudie l'ensemble des fonctions harmoniques sur les graphes, c'est à dire des fonctions dont le laplacien est nul. Ces fonctions forment un espace vectoriel et sur un graphe uniformément localement fini, on montre que cet espace vectoriel est soit de dimension un, soit de dimension infinie. Lorsque le graphe comporte une infinité de cycles, ce résultat tombe en défaut et on exhibe des exemples qui montrent qu'il existe un graphe sur lequel les harmoniques forment un espace vectoriel de dimension n, pour tout n. Un exemple de graphe périodique est également traité. Ensuite, toujours pour le laplacien, on étudie plus précisément sur les arbres uniformément localement finis les valeurs propres dont l'espace propre est de dimension infini. Dans ce cas, il est montré que l'espace propre contient un sous-espace isomorphe à l'ensemble des suites réelles bornées. Une inégalité concernant le spectre est donnée dans le cas spécial où les arêtes sont de longueur un. Des exemples montrent que ces inclusions sont optimales. Dans le chapitre suivant, on étudie le comportement asymptotique des valeurs propres pour des opérateurs elliptiques d'ordre 2 quelconques sous des conditions de Kirchhoff dynamiques. Après réécriture du problème sous la forme d'un opérateur de Sturm-Liouville, on écrit le problème de façon matricielle. Puis on trouve une équation caractéristique dont les zéros correspondent aux valeurs propres. On en déduit une formule pour l'asymptotique des valeurs propres. Dans le dernier chapitre, on étudie la stabilité de solutions stationnaires pour certains problèmes de réaction-diffusion où le terme de non linéarité est polynomial. / After a quick presentation of usual notations for the graph theory, we study the set of harmonic functions on graphs, that is, the functions whose laplacian is zero. These functions form a vectorial space. On a uniformly locally finite tree, we shaw that this space has dimension one or infinity. When the graph has an infinite number of cycles, this result change and we describe some examples showing that there exists a graph on which the harmonic functions form a vectorial space of dimension n, for all n. We also treat the case of a particular periodic graph. Then, we study more precisely the eigenvalues of infinite dimension. In this case, the eigenspace contains a subspace isomorphic to the set of bounded sequences. An inequality concerning the spectral is given when edges length is equal to one. Examples show that these inclusions are optimal. We also study the asymptotic behavior of eigenvalues for elliptic operators under dynamical Kirchhoff node conditions. We write the problem as a Sturm-Liouville operator and we transform it in a matrix problem. Then we find a characteristic equation whose zeroes correspond to eigenvalues. We deduce a formula for the asymptotic behavior. In the last chapter, we study the stability of stationary solutions for some reaction-diffusion problem whose the non-linear term is polynomial.