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No / In this paper we present a method for generating Bézier surfaces from the boundary information based on a general 4th-order PDE. This is a generalisation of our previous work on harmonic and biharmonic Bézier surfaces whereby we studied the Bézier solutions for Laplace and the standard biharmonic equation, respectively. Here we study the Bézier solutions of the Euler¿Lagrange equation associated with the most general quadratic functional. We show that there is a large class of fourth-order operators for which Bézier solutions exist and hence we show that such operators can be utilised to generate Bézier surfaces from the boundary information. As part of this work we present a general method for generating these Bézier surfaces. Furthermore, we show that some of the existing techniques for boundary based surface design, such as Coons patches and Bloor¿Wilson PDE method, are indeed particular cases of the generalised framework we present here.

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SILVA, Adam Oliveira da. Rigidez de métricas críticas para funcionais riemannianos. 2017. 78 f. Tese (Doutorado em Matemática) – Centro de Ciências, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, 2017. / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-09-19T19:08:04Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 481005 bytes, checksum: 2bdfc6ab68b042a5cfd4f67caf1e21e4 (MD5) / Rejected by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br), reason: Bom dia, Estou devolvendo a Tese de ADAM OLIVEIRA DA SILVA, para que o arquivo seja substituído, pois o aluno já veio na BCM e orientei quais eram as correções a serem feitas. Atenciosamente, on 2017-09-20T14:03:26Z (GMT) / Submitted by Andrea Dantas (pgmat@mat.ufc.br) on 2017-09-20T16:47:21Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Rocilda Sales (rocilda@ufc.br) on 2017-09-21T12:26:34Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-21T12:26:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2017_tese_aosilva.pdf: 480774 bytes, checksum: a1267dd82f8a82a19f79902004e1afb5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-09-15 / The aim of this work is to study metrics that are critical points for some Riemannian functionals. In the first part, we investigate critical metrics for functionals which are quadratic in the curvature on closed Riemannian manifolds. It is known that space form metrics are critical points for these functionals, denoted by F t,s (g). Moreover, when s = 0, always Einstein metrics are critical to F t (g). We proved that under some conditions the converse is true. For instance, among others results, we prove that if n ≥ 5 and g is a Bach-flat critical metric to F −n/4(n−1) , with second elementary symmetric function of the Schouten tensor σ 2 (A) > 0, then g should be Einstein. Furthermore, we show that a locally conformally flat critical metric with some additional conditions are space form metrics. In the second part, we study the critical metrics to volume functional on compact Riemannian manifolds with connected smooth boundary. We call such critical points of Miao-Tam critical metrics due to the variational study making by Miao and Tam (2009). In this work, we show that the geodesics balls in space forms Rn , Sn and Hn have the maximum possible boundary volume among Miao-Tam critical metrics with connected boundary provided that the boundary be an Einstein manifold. In the same spirit, we also extend a rigidity theorem due to Boucher et al. (1984) and Shen (1997) to n-dimensional static metrics with positive constant scalar curvature, which give us another way to get a partial answer to the Cosmic no-hair conjecture already obtained by Chrusciel (2003). / Este trabalho tem como principal objetivo estudar métricas que são pontos críticos de alguns funcionais Riemannianos. Na primeira parte, investigaremos métricas críticas de funcionais que são quadráticos na curvatura sobre variedades Riemannianas fechadas. É de conhecimento que métricas tipo formas espaciais são pontos críticos para tais funcionais, denotados aqui por F t,s (g). Além disso, no caso s = 0, métricas de Einstein são sempre críticas para F t (g). Provamos que sob algumas condições, a recíproca destes fatos são verdadeiras. Por exemplo, dentre outros resultados, provamos que se n ≥ 5 e g é uma métrica Bach-flat crìtica para F−n/4(n−1) com segunda função simétrica elementar do tensor de Schouten σ 2 (A) > 0, então g tem que ser métrica de Einstein. Ademais, mostramos que uma métrica crítica localmente conformemente plana, com algumas hipóteses adicionais, tem que ser tipo forma espacial. Na segunda parte, estudamos as métricas críticas do funcional volume sobre variedades Riemannianas compactas com bordo suave conexo. Chamamos tais pontos críticos de métricas críticas de Miao-Tam, devido ao estudo variacional feito por Miao e Tam (2009). Neste trabalho provamos que as bolas geodésicas das formas espaciais Rn , S n e H n possuem o valor máximo para o volume do bordo dentre todas as métricas críticas de Miao-Tam com bordo conexo, desde que o bordo seja uma variedade de Einstein. No mesmo sentido, também estendemos um teorema de rigidez devido à Boucher et al. (1984) e Shen (1997) para métricas estáticas de dimensão n e com curvatura escalar constante positiva, o qual nos fornece outra maneira para obter uma resposta parcial para a Cosmic no-hair conjecture já obtida por Chrusciel (2003).

Ce mémoire est consacré à des résultats d'analyse harmonique réelle dans des cadres géométriques discrets (graphes) ou continus (groupes de Lie).Soit $\Gamma$ un graphe (ensemble de sommets et d'arêtes) muni d'un laplacien discret $\Delta=I-P$, où $P$ est un opérateur de Markov.Sous des hypothèses géométriques convenables sur $\Gamma$, nous montrons la continuité $L^p$ de fonctionnelles de Littlewood-Paley fractionnaires. Nous introduisons des espaces de Hardy $H^1$ de fonctions et de $1$-formes différentielles sur $\Gamma$, dont nous donnons plusieurs caractérisations, en supposant seulement la propriété de doublement pour le volume des boules de $\Gamma$. Nous en déduisons la continuité de la transformée de Riesz sur $H^1$. En supposant de plus des estimations supérieures ponctuelles (gaussiennes ou sous-gaussiennes) sur les itérées du noyau de l'opérateur $P$, nous obtenons aussi la continuité de la transformée de Riesz sur $L^p$ pour $1<p<2$.Nous considérons également l'espace de Besov $B^{p,q}_\alpha(G)$ sur un groupe de Lie unimodulaire $G$ muni d'un sous-laplacien $\Delta$. En utilisant des estimations du noyau de la chaleur associé à $\Delta$, nous donnons plusieurs caractérisations des espaces de Besov, et montrons une propriété d'algèbre pour $B^{p,q}_\alpha(G) \cap L^\infty(G)$, pour $\alpha>0$, $1\leq p\leq+\infty$ et $1\leq q\leq +\infty$. Les résultats sont valables en croissance polynomiale ou exponentielle du volume des boules. / This thesis is devoted to results in real harmonic analysis in discrete (graphs) or continuous (Lie groups) geometric contexts.Let $\Gamma$ be a graph (a set of vertices and edges) equipped with a discrete laplacian $\Delta=I-P$, where $P$ is a Markov operator.Under suitable geometric assumptions on $\Gamma$, we show the $L^p$ boundedness of fractional Littlewood-Paley functionals. We introduce $H^1$ Hardy spaces of functions and of $1$-differential forms on $\Gamma$, giving several characterizations of these spaces, only assuming the doubling property for the volumes of balls in $\Gamma$. As a consequence, we derive the $H^1$ boundedness of the Riesz transform. Assuming furthermore pointwise upper bounds for the kernel (Gaussian of subgaussian upper bounds) on the iterates of the kernel of $P$, we also establish the $L^p$ boundedness of the Riesz transform for $1<p<2$.We also consider the Besov space $B^{p,q}_\alpha(G)$ on a unimodular Lie group $G$ equipped with a sublaplacian $\Delta$.Using estimates of the heat kernel associated with $\Delta$, we give several characterizations of Besov spaces, and show an algebra property for $B^{p,q}_\alpha(G) \cap L^\infty(G)$ for $\alpha>0$, $1\leq p\leq+\infty$ and $1\leq q\leq +\infty$.These results hold for polynomial as well as for exponential volume growth of balls.