Submitted by Jaqueline Silva (jtas29@gmail.com) on 2016-11-09T17:13:45Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ilton Ferreira de Menezes - 2016.pdf: 1261743 bytes, checksum: d8e7ce96b09f78e6c7a8c4d534a9d401 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Jaqueline Silva (jtas29@gmail.com) on 2016-11-09T17:13:57Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ilton Ferreira de Menezes - 2016.pdf: 1261743 bytes, checksum: d8e7ce96b09f78e6c7a8c4d534a9d401 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-11-09T17:13:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Ilton Ferreira de Menezes - 2016.pdf: 1261743 bytes, checksum: d8e7ce96b09f78e6c7a8c4d534a9d401 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-10-14 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work is based on [10] and aims to classify quasi-Einstein manifolds that are locally conformally flat. We prove that every complete, locally conformally flat, quasi-Einstein manifold, with dimension n ≥ 3, is either globally conformally equivalent to spaceform or locally the warped product, R×Ffn−1, in which the fiber has constant curvature. / Este trabalho está baseado em [10] e tem por objetivo classificar variedades quasi- Einstein que são localmente conformemente planas. Provamos que toda variedade quasi- Einstein localmente conformente plana, completa e de dimensão n ≥ 3 é globalmente conformemente equivalente a um dos espaços modelos ou é localmente o produto torcido R×Ffn−1 onde a fibra tem curvatura constante.

In this thesis, we study the Ricci flow and Ricci soliton equations on Riemannian manifolds which admit a certain degree of symmetry. More precisely, we investigate the Ricci soliton equation on connected Riemannian manifolds, which carry a cohomogeneity one action by a compact Lie group of isometries, and the Ricci flow equation for invariant metrics on a certain class of compact and connected homogeneous spaces. In the first case, we prove that the initial value problem for a cohomogeneity one gradient Ricci soliton around a singular orbit of the group action always has a solution, under a technical assumption. However, this solution is in general not unique. This is a generalisation of the analogous result for the Einstein equation, which was proved by Eschenburg and Wang in their paper "Initial value problem for cohomogeneity one Einstein metrics". In the second case, by studying the corresponding system of nonlinear ODEs, we identify a class of singular behaviours for the homogeneous Ricci flow on these spaces. The singular behaviours that we find all correspond to type I singularities, which are modelled on rigid shrinking solitons. In the case where the isotropy representation decomposes into two invariant irreducible inequivalent summands, we also investigate the existence of ancient solutions and relate this to the existence and non existence of invariant Einstein metrics. Furthermore, in this special case, we also allow the initial metric to be pseudo- Riemannian and we investigate the existence of immortal solutions. Finally, we study the behaviour of the scalar curvature for this more general situation and show that in the Riemannian case it always has to turn positive in finite time, if it was negative initially. By contrast, in the pseudo-Riemannian case, there are certain initial conditions which preserve negativity of the scalar curvature.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / O objetivo deste trabalho à estudar a geometria dos sÃlitons de Ricci compactos, os quais correspondem as soluÃÃes auto-similires do fluxo de Ricci. AlÃm disso, essas variedades podem ser vistas como uma generalizaÃÃo das mÃtricas de Einstein. Neste trabalho, mostraremos que todo sÃliton de Ricci compacto tem curvatura escalar positiva. Alem disso, mostraremos que o seu grupo fundamental à sempre finito. Em particular, apresentaremos uma prova feita por Perelman [19] que todo sÃliton de Ricci compacto à do tipo gradiente / The aim of this work is to study the geometry of the compact Ricci soliton, which correspond to self-similar solution of the Ricci flow. These manifolds are natural generalization to Einstein metrics. Here we shall prove that every compact Ricci soliton has positive scalar curvature. Moreover, we show that its fundamental group is finite. Finally, we prove that every compact Ricci soliton must be gradient.

Dans cette thèse, nous étudions principalement les applications semi-conformes et leur influence sur la résolution de certaines équations géométriques importantes comme celle d’un soliton de Ricci et celle d’une application biharmonique. Dans la première partie, nous appliquons un ansatz qui permet de construire des applications semi-conformes à partir d’une équation différentielle en une fonction de deux variables. Nous caractérisons les solutions réelles-analytiques. Parmi les solutions explicites obtenues, nous trouvons le premier exemple d’une application semi-conforme non-harmonique définie entièrement sur R3 à valeurs dans le plan complexe. Dans la deuxième partie, nous étudions les solitons de Ricci. Nous nous intéressons aux solitons de dimension 3, où ils peuvent être décrits, au moins localement, en terme d’une application semi-conforme. Nous développons une nouvelle méthode de construction de ces solitons à partir des transformations biconformes, particulièrement adaptées à l’étude de l’unicité de la structure. Finalement, nous introduisons une nouvelle notion de morphisme harmonique généralisé qui, comme son nom l’indique, contient les morphismes harmoniques comme un cas particulier. Cette classe d’applications a une importance dans la théorie d’applications biharmoniques. Les morphismes harmoniques généralisés ont une caractérisation nette qui permet de donner plusieurs exemples et méthodes de construction d’applications biharmoniques non-harmonique. / In this work, we primarily study semiconformal mappings and their influence in the resolution of important geometric equations, such as those for a Ricci soliton and those for a biharmonic maps. In the first part of this thesis, we exploit an ansatz for the construction of semi-conformal mappings from a differential equation in a function of two variables. We characterize real-analytic solutions.Among the resulting explicit solutions, we find the first known example of an entire semi-conformal mapping into the plane which is not harmonic. In the second part, we study Ricci solitons.We are particularly interested in 3-dimensional Ricci solitons, as they can be described at least locally, in terms of a semi-conformal map. We develop a construction method of solitons from biconformal deformations, particularly adapted to the study of the structure unicity. Finally, we introduce a new notion of generalized harmonic morphism, which, as the name suggests, contain the harmonic morphisms as a special case. These mappings have an elegant characterization which enables the construction of explicit examples, as well as impacting on the theory of biharmonic mappings.

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CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / O objetivo deste trabalho à estudar a geometria das mÃtricas tipo-Einstein (solitons de Ricci, quase solitons de Ricci e mÃtricas quasi-Einstein). Mais especificamente, vamos obter equaÃÃes de estrutura, exemplos, fÃrmulas integrais e estimativas que permitirÃo caracterizar estas classes de mÃtricas. / The purpose of this work is study the geometric of the like-Einstein metrics (Ricci soliton, almost Ricci solitons and quasi-Einstein metrics). More specifically, we obtain structure equations, examples, integral formulae and estimates that will enable characterize these classes of metrics.

Cette thèse traite des solitons de Kähler-Ricci qui sont des généralisations naturelles des métriques de Kähler-Einstein. Elle est divisée en deux parties. La première étudie la décomposition solitonique de l’espace des champs de vecteurs holomorphes dans le cas des variétés toriques. La seconde partie étudie de manière analytique les variétés horosphériques en redémontrant par la méthode de la continuité l’existence de solitons de Kähler-Ricci sur ces variétés et en calculant après la borne supérieure de Ricci. / This thesis deal with Kähler-Ricci solitons which are natural generalizations of Kähler-Einstein metrics. It is divided into two parts. The first one studies the solitonic decomposition of the space of holomorphic vector spaces in the case of toric manifold. The second one studies is an analytic way the existence of horospherical Kähler-Ricci solitons on those manifolds and then computes the greatest Ricci lower bound.

This dissertation considers several problems related to Ricci flow, including the existence and behavior of solutions. The first goal is to obtain explicit, coordinate-based descriptions of Ricci flow solutions--especially those corresponding to Ricci solitons--on two classes of nilpotent Lie groups. On the odd-dimensional classical Heisenberg groups, we determine the asymptotics of Ricci flow starting at any metric, and use Lott's blowdown method to demonstrate convergence to soliton metrics. On the groups of real unitriangular matrices, which are more complicated, we describe the solitons and corresponding solutions using a suitable ansatz. Next, we consider solsolitons involving the nilsolitons in the Heisenberg case above. This uses work of Lauret, which characterizes solsolitons as certain extensions of nilsolitons, and work of Will, which demonstrates that the space of solsolitons extensions of a given nilsoliton is parametrized by the quotient of a Grassmannian by a finite group. We determine these spaces of solsoliton extensions of Heisenberg nilsolitons, and we also explicitly describe many-parameter families of these solsolitons in dimensions greater than three. Finally, we explore Ricci flow coupled with harmonic map flow, both as it arises naturally in certain bundle constructions related to Ricci flow and as a geometric flow in its own right. In the first case, we generalize a theorem of Knopf that demonstrates convergence and stability of certain locally R[superscript N]-invariant Ricci flow solutions. In the second case, we prove a version of Hamilton's compactness theorem for the coupled flow, and then generalize it to the category of etale Riemannian groupoids. We also provide a detailed example of solutions to the flow on the three-dimensional Heisenberg group. / text

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento CientÃfico e TecnolÃgico / CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal estudar os solitons de Ricci e as mÃtricas quasi-Einstein em variedades riemannianas homogÃneas e simplesmente conexas, enfatizando problemas em dimensÃes trÃs e quatro, procurando caracterizar e descrever explicitamente tais estruturas, obtendo resultados de existÃncia, unicidade e consequentemente, construir novos exemplos sobre essas classes de variedades. A descriÃÃo mencionada, consiste basicamente em determinar condiÃÃes que garantam existÃncia e explicitar a famÃlia de campos de vetores que geram todas essas possÃveis estruturas, relacionando-os entre si e identificando quais desses campos de vetores sÃo do tipo gradiente. Devemos ressaltar que a parte do trabalho que corresponde Ãs variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo trÃs considera a classificaÃÃo relativa à dimensÃo do grupo de isometrias, enquanto a parte que corresponde Ãs variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo quatro, contempla apenas uma subclasse das variedades homogÃneas de dimensÃo quatro que à constituÃda pelas variedades solÃveis tipo-Lie, ou seja, grupos de Lie solÃveis, simplesmente conexos e munidos de mÃtrica invariante à esquerda. / The purpose of this work is study Ricci solitions and quasi-Einstein metrics on simply connected homogeneous Riemannian manifolds, with emphasis in problems in three and four dimensions, trying to characterize and to describe explicitly such structures, getting results of existence, uniqueness and consequently, build new examples on these class of manifolds. The quoted description consists basically in to obtain conditions that ensure the existence and show explicitly the family of vector fields that generate each of these structures, relating them identifying what of these vector fields are gradient. We should highlight that in the part of this work that corresponds to homogeneous three manifolds, we will consider the classification relative to dimension of isometry group, while in the part that corresponds to homogeneous four manifolds, we treat only the solvable geometry Lie type, namely, the simply connected solvable Lie group with left invariants metrics.

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