Hung Cheung Yan. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong. / Bibliography: leaves 28-29.

Lee Shuk Yee. / "October 2004." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92) / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Ren Xueming. / "November 2001." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references. / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

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by Jin Mai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1996. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 74-79). / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Chapter 1. --- Pseudovarieties of finite algebras --- p.1 / Chapter 2. --- Algebraic automata and formal languages theory --- p.19 / Chapter 3. --- M-varieties and S-varieties --- p.36 / Chapter 4. --- The dot-depth hierarchy --- p.48 / Chapter 5. --- Operators P and P' --- p.62 / References --- p.74

As with groups, one can study the left regular representation of a semigroup. If one considers such representations, then it is natural to ask similar questions to the group case. We start by formulating several questions in the semigroup case and then work towards understanding the structure of the representations given. We present results describing what the elements of the image under the representation map can look like (the semigroup problem), whether or not two semigroups will give isomorphic representations (the isomorphism problem), and whether or not the representation of a semigroup is reflexive (the reflexivity problem). This research has been funded in part by a scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

As with groups, one can study the left regular representation of a semigroup. If one considers such representations, then it is natural to ask similar questions to the group case. We start by formulating several questions in the semigroup case and then work towards understanding the structure of the representations given. We present results describing what the elements of the image under the representation map can look like (the semigroup problem), whether or not two semigroups will give isomorphic representations (the isomorphism problem), and whether or not the representation of a semigroup is reflexive (the reflexivity problem). This research has been funded in part by a scholarship from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

This thesis consists of two parts. In the first part, which is expository, abstract theory of one-parameter operator is studied semi-groups. We develop in detail the necessary Banach space and Banach algebra theories of integration, differentiation, and series, and then give a careful rigorous proof of the exponential function characterization of continuous one-parameter operator semigroups. In the second part, which is applied and has new result, we discuss some related topics in dynamical systems. In general the linearizations give a reliable description of the non-linear orbits near the equilibrium points (the Hartman-Grobman theorem), thus illustrating the importance of linear semigroups. The aim of qualitative analysis of differential equations (DE) is to understand the qualitative behaviour (such as, for example, the long-term behaviour as $t\rightarrow \infty$) of typical solutions of the DE. The flow in the direction of increasing time defines a semigroup. As an application we study Einstein-Aether Cosmological models using dynamical systems theory.

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