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Thesis (M.F.A.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1985. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Bibliography leaves 169-175.

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A prop profile of a differential geometric structure is a minimal resolution of an algebraic prop such that representations of this resolution are in one-to-one correspondence with structures of the given type. We begin this thesis with a detailed account of the algebraic tools necessary to construct prop profiles; we treat operads and props, and resolutions of these through Koszul duality. Our main results can be summarized as follows. Firstly, we contribute to the work of S.A. Merkulov on the prop profiles of Poisson and Nijenhuis structures. We prove that the operad of the latter prop profile is Koszul by showing that it has a PBW-basis, and we provide a geometrical interpretation of the former in terms of an L-infinity structure on the structure sheaf of a manifold. Secondly, we construct prop profiles of compatible Poisson and Nijenhuis structures. Representations of minimal resolutions of props correspond to Maurer-Cartan elements of certain Lie algebras associated to the resolved props. Also the differential geometric structures are defined as solutions of Maurer-Cartan equations. We show the correspondence between props and differential geometry by providing explicit isomorphisms between these Lie algebras. Thirdly, in order to construct the prop profiles of compatible Poisson and Nijenhuis structures we study operads of compatible algebraic structures. By studying Cohen-Macaulay properties of posets associated to such operads we prove the Koszulness of a large class of operads of compatible structures.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Texas, Dec., 2009. / Title from title page display. Includes bibliographical references.

This dissertation examines the role of stage properties-props, slangily-in the construction and expression of characters' identities. Through readings of both canonical and non-canonical drama written between 1600 and 1707-for example, Thomas Middleton's The Revenger's Tragedy (1607), Edward Ravenscroft's adaptation of Titus Andronicus (1678), Aphra Behn's The Rover (1677), and William Wycherley's The Plain Dealer (1677)-I demonstrate how props mediate relationships between people. The control of a character's props often accords a person control of the character to whom the props belong. Props consequently make visual the relationships of power and subjugation that exist among characters. The severed body parts, bodies, miniature portraits, and containers of these plays are the mechanisms by which characters attempt to differentiate themselves from others. The characters deploy objects as proof of their identities-for example, when the women in Behn's Rover circulate miniatures of themselves-yet other characters must also interpret these objects. The props, and therefore the characters' identities, are at all times vulnerable to misinterpretation. Much as the props' meanings are often disputed, so too are characters' private identities often at odds with their public personae. The boundaries of selfhood that the characters wish to protect are made vulnerable by the objects that they use to shore up those boundaries. When read in relation to the characters who move them, props reveal the negotiated process of individuation. In doing so, they emphasize the correlation between extrinsic and intrinsic worth. They are a measure of how well characters perform gender and class rolls, thereby demonstrating the importance of external signifiers in the legitimation of England's subjects, even as they expose "legitimacy" as a social construction.

L’objet de cette thèse est l’étude de l’existence d’une quantification pour les sous-algèbres de Lie coisotropes des bigèbres de Lie. Une sous-algèbre de Lie coisotrope d’une bigèbre de Lie est une sous-algèbre de Lie qui est aussi un coidéal. Le problème de quantifications d’une sous-algèbre de Lie coisotrope fut posé par V. Drinfeld, lors de son étude de la quantification des espaces de Poisson homogènes G/C. Ces deux problèmes sont liés par le principe de dualité établi par N. Ciccoli et F. Gavarini. Dans cette thèse, nous cherchons à résoudre ce problème de quantification dans différents cadres. Premièrement, nous montrons qu’une quantification existe dans le cadre des bigèbres de Lie simple. Nous trouvons une quantification aux sous-algèbres de Lie coisotropes construites par M. Zambon. Puis nous établissons un lien entre ces quantifications et une classification des sous- algèbres coidéales à droite établie par I. Heckenberger et S. Kolb. Deuxièmement, nous trouvons une obstruction à la quantification universelle en utilisant une quantification d’ordre trois construite par V. Drinfeld. Nous montrons que cette obstruction disparait dans les exemples étudiés précédemment. Finalement, nous généralisons un résultat établi par P. Etingof et D. Kazhdan sur la quantification d’espaces de Poisson homogènes, liés aux sous-algèbres Lagrangiennes du double de Drinfeld. / The aim of this thesis is the study of quantization of coisotropic Lie subalgebras of Lie bialgebras.A coisotropic Lie subalgebra of a Lie bialgebra is a Lie subalgebra which is also a Lie coideal. The problem of quantization of coisotropic Lie subalgebra was set forth by V. Drinfeld, in his study of quantization of Poisson homogeneous spaces G/C. These problems are closely related to the duality principle established by N. Ciccoli and F. Gavarini.In this thesis, we search for an answer to this quantization problem in different settings. Firstly, we show that a quantization exists for simple Lie bialgebras by constructing a quantization of examples provided by M. Zambon. We then establish a link between the quantization which we constructed and a classification of subalgebras right coideals established by I. Heckenberger and S. Kolb. Secondly, we find an obstruction to the quantization in the universal setting by using a third-order quantization constructed by V. Drinfeld. We show that this obstruction vanishes in the examples studied earlier. Finally, we generalize a result of P. Etingof and D. Kazhdan on the quantization of poisson homogeneous spaces, linked to Lagrangian Lie subalgebras of Drinfeld's double.

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<p>Uppsatsen är en reflekterande text som behandlar verket <em>Den lilla grafikerhandboken - </em><em>Polygonbaserad modellering och texturering av miljöbaserade 3D-objekt för datorspel</em><strong>.</strong></p><p>Genom att ha studerat tutorials, har ett effektivt presentationssätt genererats, där verket representerar resultatet. <em>Den lilla grafikerhandboken</em> är skapad så att personer med liten kunskap av modellering och texturering skall kunna ta del av ett effektivt arbetsflöde. Personerna kommer dessutom utvecklas i sina modellerings- och textureringskunskaper. Genom att tidigt kunna ta lärdom av de arbetssätt som annars kan ta år att utveckla, kan kvalitén höjas på arbetet som utförs av varje student. Boken kan även vara till nytta för de som redan har en god kunskap inom berörda områdena. Boken erbjuder effektiviseringsmetoder som även den invigde kan ta del av.</p>

Set in the relatively new and fast developing field of investigation known as Internet of Things (IoT), this research starts by looking at the lack of critical and conceptual reflection on the area. With a main research question that challenges the underlying concepts of the IoT, the study develops a performative design framework to critique the field of investigation. The main corpus consists of: 1. speculative inquiry into the ontological dualisms of ‘objects’ and ‘things’ and the emerging social dimension of humans and non-humans; 2. the identification of an ontological-performative model based on the idea of Props; 3. the entanglement of theory and practice to construct a performative design framework, called the Internet of Props, which includes: an enabling platform (Smarter Planet Lab) and a set of design strategies (Transactional Props) to demonstrate and evaluate this model and framework; 4. a combined-evaluation conversational analysis methodology that assesses the performativity of the setting and the Props, through linguistic and socio-behavioural studies. Inspired by the concepts of ontological theatre, the entanglement of humans and non-humans, and the Internet of People; the IoT is imagined and performed in a theory-driven, practice-based investigation of the Internet of Props, which aims to bring new theoretical and practical knowledge for the future of the IoT.