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This thesis reports on a research study based on data from experimental teaching. Students were invited, through real-world problem tasks that raised central conceptual issues, to invent major ideas of calculus. This research focuses on work and thinking of the students, as they sought to build key ideas, representations and compelling lines of reasoning. This focus on the students' and their agency as learners has brought about a new development of the psychological and logical perspectives, as well as, highlighted students' choices in academic and social roles. Such choices facilitated continued learning among these students.

Recent event drew the attention of many on the food security and resilience issues. Climate change also questions our capacity to produce food and minimize our impact on soil, water, and biodiversity. The lack of dynamism of the rural areas and the crisis the conventional farmers are going through, forces us to look at other horizons. Permaculture farming, a concept created in the 70’s during the oil crisis, already questioned the conventional farming model and its long-term sustainability, almost ten years before the Brundtland report. Now the permaculture principles have spread in various parts of the world, permaculture farms can be found in many countries, with different climates and different practices. But what about Sweden? In this study we looked at the permaculture farming in the Swedish context. We will try to uncover the processes and realities behind it, we tried to look at the establishment process in the first time, then we focus on the personal motives behind this establishment. In a third question we questioned how they create local or global interactions through their farm and finally we interrogated how this contribute to the placemaking of the communities they are implanted in. To answers those questions, we used the theories of placemaking, neo-endogenous rural development and sustainable livelihoods. We proceeded to four interviews with permaculture practitioners, all located in Sweden. The data we gathered and analyzed through a thematic analysis showed that the farmers engaged in a variety of interactions with their community and even beyond. The results underline the significant role of these farmers in creating dynamism in their rural community and being active actors of the placemaking of their communities. Moreover, the study depicts the potential and the current limitations that farmers are facing. The study shows that permaculture farmers can be important actors of local dynamism if they are supported by their community and institutional structures. In other word they can create the rural development everybody is looking for.

This work is concerned with the development of computational methods for approximating sensitivities of solutions to boundary value problems. We focus on the continuous sensitivity equation method and investigate the application of adaptive meshing and smoothing projection techniques to enhance the basic scheme. The fundamental ideas are first developed for a one dimensional problem and then extended to 2-D flow problems governed by the incompressible Navier-Stokes equations. Numerical experiments are conducted to test the algorithms and to investigate the benefits of adaptivity and smoothing. / Ph. D.

Neste projeto apresentamos os teoremas de estrutura, decomposição celular, e o teorema da existência da triangulação para conjuntos semi-algébricos compactos. Como aplicações destes teoremas mostramos o lema de seleção da curva local e global. Além disso, apresentamos uma breve descrição da topologia da fibra de Milnor local e global, bem como alguns resultados sobre o grau de conexidade da fibra genérica global de uma função polinomial complexa, que mostram a íntima relação entre o grau de conexidade com a dimensão do conjunto singular. / In this project we present some structure theorems, cell decomposition, and the theorem on the existence of triangulation for compact semi-algebraic sets. As applications we prove the curve selection lemma in the local and global cases. Moreover, we present a brief description about the topology of local and global Milnor´s fibers, as well as, some results about the connectivity degree of the generic fibers of a complex polynomial function, that show the close relation between the connectivity degree and the dimension of the singular locus.

Neste projeto apresentamos os teoremas de estrutura, decomposição celular, e o teorema da existência da triangulação para conjuntos semi-algébricos compactos. Como aplicações destes teoremas mostramos o lema de seleção da curva local e global. Além disso, apresentamos uma breve descrição da topologia da fibra de Milnor local e global, bem como alguns resultados sobre o grau de conexidade da fibra genérica global de uma função polinomial complexa, que mostram a íntima relação entre o grau de conexidade com a dimensão do conjunto singular. / In this project we present some structure theorems, cell decomposition, and the theorem on the existence of triangulation for compact semi-algebraic sets. As applications we prove the curve selection lemma in the local and global cases. Moreover, we present a brief description about the topology of local and global Milnor´s fibers, as well as, some results about the connectivity degree of the generic fibers of a complex polynomial function, that show the close relation between the connectivity degree and the dimension of the singular locus.

Nos últimos anos, váarios pesquisadores tais como: A. Bodin, A. Dimca, A. Durfee, A. Jacquemard, A. Menegon Neto, A. Némethi, A. Pichon, A. Verjovsky, A. Zaharia, D. Siersma, H. A. Hamm, D. Massey, H. Aguilar-Cabrera, H. H. Vui, J. Cisneros, J. Seade, J. Snoussi, L. D. Tráng, L. Paunescu, L. R. Dias, M. A. S. Ruas, M. Oka, M. Tibar, N. Dutertre, R. N. Araújo dos Santos, S. A. Broughton, T. Gaffney, Y. Chen, entre outros, têm apresentado generalizações dos Teoremas de fibrações de Milnor no ambiente real e complexo (e do Teorema de Kurdyka-Orro-Simon, ver por exemplo [Di, KOS]), visando um melhor entendimento de propriedades topológicas locais e globais das singularidades. Nesta direção de pesquisa esses autores tem utilizado várias ferramentas e técnicas de diversas áreas da matemática. O que mostra a riqueza e a complexidade destes estudos e acrescenta, em nossa modesta opinião, um aspecto que é ao mesmo tempo interessante e desafiador. Neste trabalho, mostraremos como estender as fibrações de Milnor em esferas no caso local e global, real e complexo, para uma aplicação C2-semi-algébrica F = (f1, . . . , fp) : RN → Rp e uma variedade W ⊂ RN semi-algébrica com possível singularidade. Com tal objetivo, introduziremos as condições de Milnor (a) e (b) generalizadas\" e mostraremos como adaptar a técnica da decomposição open book superior com binding singular, introduzida em [AT, ACT1]. Nossos resultados sugerem que tal estrutura de fibração pode ser um caso particular de algum Teorema estrutural mais geral. Além do mais, considerando π : Rp → Rp-1 a projeção canônica na meta, mostraremos que se F satisfaz tais condições, então G = π o F : RN → Rp-1 também satisfaz e, consequentemente, G também induz em W uma fibração suave localmente trivial. Concluiremos mostrando que após as projeções as fibras destes fibrados são homotopicamente equivalentes e, em seguida, apresentando algumas fórmulas que relacionam a característica de Euler do \"link relativo\" W ∩ F-1 (0) com a característica de Euler das fibras. / In the last years, several researchers such as: A. Bodin, A. Dimca, A. Durfee, A. Jacquemard, A. Menegon Neto, A. Némethi, A. Pichon, A. Verjovsky, A. Zaharia, D. Siersma, H. A. Hamm, D. Massey, H. Aguilar-Cabrera, H. H. Vui, J. Cisneros, J. Seade, J. Snoussi, L. D. Trang, L. Paunescu, L. R. Dias, M. A. S. Ruas, M. Oka, M. Tibar, N. Dutertre, R. N. Araújo dos Santos, S. A. Broughton, T. Gaffney, Y. Chen, and others, have proven generalizations of Milnor fibrationss Theorems in the real and complex settings (and Kurdyka-Orro-Simons Theorem, see e.g. [Di, KOS]), aiming a better understanding of the local and global topological properties of singularity. In this research branch, these authors have used many different tools and techniques from several areas of Mathematics. This shows the richness and complexities of these studies and adds, in our modest opinion, an aspect that is simultaneously interesting and challenging. In this work, we introduce the generalized Milnors conditions (a) and (b) to show an extension of the Milnor fibration Theorems on spheres in the local and global cases, in the real and complex setting. For this, we consider a C2-semi-algebraic mapping F = (f1, . . . , fp) : RN → Rp , a possible singular semi-algebraic variety W ⊂ RN, and we show how to adapt the technique of Higher open book decomposition with singular binding, introduced by [AT, ACT1], to prove such extension. Our results suggest that such fibration structure may be a particular case of a more general fibration structure. Furthermore, considering : Rp Rp-1 the canonical projection on the target space, we show that if F satisfies the generalized Milnors conditions (a) and (b), then G = π o F : RN → Rp-1 also satisfies these conditions and, hence G also induces on W a smooth locally trivial fibration. Finally, we show that after the projections on the target space, the fibers of these fiber bundles are homotopically equivalent. We conclude by proving some formulae connecting the Euler characteristic of \"relative link\" W ∩ F-1 (0) with the Euler characteristic of the fibers. Key words and phrases: generalized open book decomposition, fibration structure on semi-algebraic sets, topology of singularity, real and complex Milnors fibrations and, local and global fibration.

Nos últimos anos, váarios pesquisadores tais como: A. Bodin, A. Dimca, A. Durfee, A. Jacquemard, A. Menegon Neto, A. Némethi, A. Pichon, A. Verjovsky, A. Zaharia, D. Siersma, H. A. Hamm, D. Massey, H. Aguilar-Cabrera, H. H. Vui, J. Cisneros, J. Seade, J. Snoussi, L. D. Tráng, L. Paunescu, L. R. Dias, M. A. S. Ruas, M. Oka, M. Tibar, N. Dutertre, R. N. Araújo dos Santos, S. A. Broughton, T. Gaffney, Y. Chen, entre outros, têm apresentado generalizações dos Teoremas de fibrações de Milnor no ambiente real e complexo (e do Teorema de Kurdyka-Orro-Simon, ver por exemplo [Di, KOS]), visando um melhor entendimento de propriedades topológicas locais e globais das singularidades. Nesta direção de pesquisa esses autores tem utilizado várias ferramentas e técnicas de diversas áreas da matemática. O que mostra a riqueza e a complexidade destes estudos e acrescenta, em nossa modesta opinião, um aspecto que é ao mesmo tempo interessante e desafiador. Neste trabalho, mostraremos como estender as fibrações de Milnor em esferas no caso local e global, real e complexo, para uma aplicação C2-semi-algébrica F = (f1, . . . , fp) : RN → Rp e uma variedade W ⊂ RN semi-algébrica com possível singularidade. Com tal objetivo, introduziremos as condições de Milnor (a) e (b) generalizadas\" e mostraremos como adaptar a técnica da decomposição open book superior com binding singular, introduzida em [AT, ACT1]. Nossos resultados sugerem que tal estrutura de fibração pode ser um caso particular de algum Teorema estrutural mais geral. Além do mais, considerando π : Rp → Rp-1 a projeção canônica na meta, mostraremos que se F satisfaz tais condições, então G = π o F : RN → Rp-1 também satisfaz e, consequentemente, G também induz em W uma fibração suave localmente trivial. Concluiremos mostrando que após as projeções as fibras destes fibrados são homotopicamente equivalentes e, em seguida, apresentando algumas fórmulas que relacionam a característica de Euler do \"link relativo\" W ∩ F-1 (0) com a característica de Euler das fibras. / In the last years, several researchers such as: A. Bodin, A. Dimca, A. Durfee, A. Jacquemard, A. Menegon Neto, A. Némethi, A. Pichon, A. Verjovsky, A. Zaharia, D. Siersma, H. A. Hamm, D. Massey, H. Aguilar-Cabrera, H. H. Vui, J. Cisneros, J. Seade, J. Snoussi, L. D. Trang, L. Paunescu, L. R. Dias, M. A. S. Ruas, M. Oka, M. Tibar, N. Dutertre, R. N. Araújo dos Santos, S. A. Broughton, T. Gaffney, Y. Chen, and others, have proven generalizations of Milnor fibrationss Theorems in the real and complex settings (and Kurdyka-Orro-Simons Theorem, see e.g. [Di, KOS]), aiming a better understanding of the local and global topological properties of singularity. In this research branch, these authors have used many different tools and techniques from several areas of Mathematics. This shows the richness and complexities of these studies and adds, in our modest opinion, an aspect that is simultaneously interesting and challenging. In this work, we introduce the generalized Milnors conditions (a) and (b) to show an extension of the Milnor fibration Theorems on spheres in the local and global cases, in the real and complex setting. For this, we consider a C2-semi-algebraic mapping F = (f1, . . . , fp) : RN → Rp , a possible singular semi-algebraic variety W ⊂ RN, and we show how to adapt the technique of Higher open book decomposition with singular binding, introduced by [AT, ACT1], to prove such extension. Our results suggest that such fibration structure may be a particular case of a more general fibration structure. Furthermore, considering : Rp Rp-1 the canonical projection on the target space, we show that if F satisfies the generalized Milnors conditions (a) and (b), then G = π o F : RN → Rp-1 also satisfies these conditions and, hence G also induces on W a smooth locally trivial fibration. Finally, we show that after the projections on the target space, the fibers of these fiber bundles are homotopically equivalent. We conclude by proving some formulae connecting the Euler characteristic of \"relative link\" W ∩ F-1 (0) with the Euler characteristic of the fibers. Key words and phrases: generalized open book decomposition, fibration structure on semi-algebraic sets, topology of singularity, real and complex Milnors fibrations and, local and global fibration.

It is proved that the initial value problem for a system of two Benjamin-Bona-Mahony equations coupled through both dispersive and nonlinear terms is locally and globally well posed in the Soboloev spaces Hs ×Hs with s ≥ 0 / Dado el problema de valor inicial para un sistema de dos ecuaciones de Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (BBM) acopladas a través de los términos dispersivos y no lineales, se demuestra que está bien colocado localmente y globalmente en los espacios Hs × Hs con s≥0.

This paper presents a 3-Region footloose-entrepreneur new economic geography model. Two symmetric regions are part of an economically integrated area (the Union), while the third region represents an outside trade partner. We explore how the spatial allocation of industrial production and employment within the Union is affected by changes in two aspects of trade liberalisation: regional integration and globalisation. Our main contribution pertains to the analysis of the local and global dynamics of the specified factor mobility process. We show that significant parameter ranges exist for which asymmetric distribution of economic activities is one of the possible long-run outcomes. This is a remarkable result within the NEG literature. We then analyse the impact of international trade liberalisation on the dynamics of agglomeration conditional on the endowments of skilled and unskilled labour of the outside region. (authors' abstract) / Series: Department of Economics Working Paper Series