Dans cette thèse nous nous intéressons aux flots de Monge-Ampère complexes, à leurs généralisations et à leurs applications géométriques sur les variétés hermitiennes compactes. Dans les deux premiers chapitres, nous prouvons qu'un flot de Monge-Ampère complexe sur une variété hermitienne compacte peut être exécuté à partir d'une condition initiale arbitraire avec un nombre Lelong nul en tous points. En utilisant cette propriété, nous con- firmons une conjecture de Tosatti-Weinkove: le flot de Chern-Ricci effectue une contraction chirurgicale canonique. Enfin, nous étudions une généralisation du flot de Chern-Ricci sur des variétés hermitiennes compactes, le flot de Chern-Ricci tordu. Cette partie a donné lieu à deux publications indépendantes. Dans le troisième chapitre, une notion de C -sous-solution parabolique est introduite pour les équations paraboliques, étendant la théorie des C -sous-solutions développée récem- ment par B. Guan et plus spécifiquement G. Székelyhidi pour les équations elliptiques. La théorie parabolique qui en résulte fournit une approche unifiée et pratique pour l'étude de nombreux flots géométriques. Il s'agit ici d'une collaboration avec Duong H. Phong (Université Columbia ) Dans le quatrième chapitre, une approche de viscosité est introduite pour le problème de Dirichlet associé aux équations complexes de type hessienne sur les domaines de Cn. Les arguments sont modélisés sur la théorie des solutions de viscosité pour les équations réelles de type hessienne développées par Trudinger. En conséquence, nous résolvons le problème de Dirichlet pour les équations de quotient de hessiennes et lagrangiennes spéciales. Nous établissons également des résultats de régularité de base pour les solutions. Il s'agit ici d'une collaboration avec Sl-awomir Dinew (Université Jagellonne) et Hoang-Son Do (Institut de Mathématiques de Hanoi). / In this thesis we study the complex Monge-Ampère flows, and their generalizations and geometric applications on compact Hermitian manifods. In the first two chapters, we prove that a general complex Monge-Ampère flow on a compact Hermitian manifold can be run from an arbitrary initial condition with zero Lelong number at all points. Using this property, we confirm a conjecture of Tosatti- Weinkove: the Chern-Ricci flow performs a canonical surgical contraction. Finally, we study a generalization of the Chern-Ricci flow on compact Hermitian manifolds, namely the twisted Chern-Ricci flow. This part gave rise to two independent publications. In the third chapter, a notion of parabolic C -subsolution is introduced for parabolic non-linear equations, extending the theory of C -subsolutions recently developed by B. Guan and more specifically G. Székelyhidi for elliptic equations. The resulting parabolic theory provides a convenient unified approach for the study of many geometric flows. This part is a joint work with Duong H. Phong (Columbia University) In the fourth chapter, a viscosity approach is introduced for the Dirichlet problem associated to complex Hessian type equations on domains in Cn. The arguments are modelled on the theory of viscosity solutions for real Hessian type equations developed by Trudinger. As consequence we solve the Dirichlet problem for the Hessian quotient and special Lagrangian equations. We also establish basic regularity results for the solutions. This part is a joint work with Sl-awomir Dinew (Jagiellonian University) and Hoang-Son Do (Hanoi Institute of Mathematics).

Almost contact metric submersions constitute a class of Riemannian submersions whose total space is an almost contact metric manifold. Regarding the base space, two types are studied. Submersions of type I are those whose base space is an almost contact metric manifold while, when the base space is an almost Hermitian manifold, then the submersion is said to be of type II. After recalling the known notions and fundamental properties to be used in the sequel, relationships between the structure of the fibres with that of the total space are established. When the fibres are almost Hermitian manifolds, which occur in the case of a type I submersions, we determine the classes of submersions whose fibres are Kählerian, almost Kählerian, nearly Kählerian, quasi Kählerian, locally conformal (almost) Kählerian, Gi-manifolds and so on. This can be viewed as a classification of submersions of type I based upon the structure of the fibres. Concerning the fibres of a type II submersions, which are almost contact metric manifolds, we discuss how they inherit the structure of the total space. Considering the curvature property on the total space, we determine its corresponding on the fibres in the case of a type I submersions. For instance, the cosymplectic curvature property on the total space corresponds to the Kähler identity on the fibres. Similar results are obtained for Sasakian and Kenmotsu curvature properties. After producing the classes of submersions with minimal, superminimal or umbilical fibres, their impacts on the total or the base space are established. The minimality of the fibres facilitates the transference of the structure from the total to the base space. Similarly, the superminimality of the fibres facilitates the transference of the structure from the base to the total space. Also, it is shown to be a way to study the integrability of the horizontal distribution. Totally contact umbilicity of the fibres leads to the asymptotic directions on the total space. Submersions of contact CR-submanifolds of quasi-K-cosymplectic and quasi-Kenmotsu manifolds are studied. Certain distributions of the under consideration submersions induce the CR-product on the total space. / Mathematical Sciences / D. Phil. (Mathematics)

Almost contact metric submersions constitute a class of Riemannian submersions whose total space is an almost contact metric manifold. Regarding the base space, two types are studied. Submersions of type I are those whose base space is an almost contact metric manifold while, when the base space is an almost Hermitian manifold, then the submersion is said to be of type II. After recalling the known notions and fundamental properties to be used in the sequel, relationships between the structure of the fibres with that of the total space are established. When the fibres are almost Hermitian manifolds, which occur in the case of a type I submersions, we determine the classes of submersions whose fibres are Kählerian, almost Kählerian, nearly Kählerian, quasi Kählerian, locally conformal (almost) Kählerian, Gi-manifolds and so on. This can be viewed as a classification of submersions of type I based upon the structure of the fibres. Concerning the fibres of a type II submersions, which are almost contact metric manifolds, we discuss how they inherit the structure of the total space. Considering the curvature property on the total space, we determine its corresponding on the fibres in the case of a type I submersions. For instance, the cosymplectic curvature property on the total space corresponds to the Kähler identity on the fibres. Similar results are obtained for Sasakian and Kenmotsu curvature properties. After producing the classes of submersions with minimal, superminimal or umbilical fibres, their impacts on the total or the base space are established. The minimality of the fibres facilitates the transference of the structure from the total to the base space. Similarly, the superminimality of the fibres facilitates the transference of the structure from the base to the total space. Also, it is shown to be a way to study the integrability of the horizontal distribution. Totally contact umbilicity of the fibres leads to the asymptotic directions on the total space. Submersions of contact CR-submanifolds of quasi-K-cosymplectic and quasi-Kenmotsu manifolds are studied. Certain distributions of the under consideration submersions induce the CR-product on the total space. / Mathematical Sciences / D. Phil. (Mathematics)