Provamos resultados sobre a geometria de hipersuperfícies em diferentes espaços ambiente. Primeiro, definimos uma aplicação de Gauss generalizada para uma hipersuperfície Mn-1 c/ Nn, onde N é um espaço simétrico de dimensão n ≥ 3. Em particular, generalizamos um resultado de Ruh-Vilms e apresentamos aplicações. Em seguida, estudamos superfícies em espaços de dimensão 3: estudamos a equação da curvatura média em um produto semidireto R2oAR e obtemos estimativas da altura e a existência de gráficos mínimos do tipo Scherk. Finalmente, no espaço ambiente de uma variedade hiperbólica de dimensão 3: nós apresentamos condições suficientes para que um mergulho completo de uma superfície ∑ de topologia finita em N com curvatura média |H∑| ≤ 1 seja próprio. / We prove results concerning the geometry of hypersurfaces on di erent ambient spaces. First, we de ne a generalized Gauss map for a hypersurface Mn-1 c/ Nn, where N is a symmetric space of dimension n ≥ 3. In particular, we generalize a result due to Ruh-Vilms and make some applications. Then, we focus on surfaces on spaces of dimension 3: we study the mean curvature equation of a semidirect product R2 oA R to obtain height estimates and the existence of a Scherk-like minimal graph. Finally, on the ambient space of a hyperbolic manifold N of dimension 3 we give su cient conditions for a complete embedding of a nite topology surface ∑ on N with mean curvature |H∑| ≤ 1 to be proper.

Chapter 1 reviews better-known factorization theorems of a square matrix. For example, a square matrix over a field can be expressed as a product of two symmetric matrices; thus square matrices over real numbers can be factorized into two diagonalizable matrices. Factorizing matrices over complex num hers into Hermitian matrices is discussed. The chapter concludes with theorems that enable one to prescribe the eigenvalues of the factors of a square matrix, with some degree of freedom. Chapter 2 proves that a square matrix over arbitrary fields (with one exception) can be expressed as a product of two diagona lizab le matrices. The next two chapters consider decomposition of singular matrices into Idempotent matrices, and of nonsingutar matrices into Involutions. Chapter 5 studies factorization of a comp 1 ex matrix into Positive-( semi )definite matrices, emphasizing the least number of such factors required / Mathematical Sciences / M.Sc. (MATHEMATICS)

Chapter 1 reviews better-known factorization theorems of a square matrix. For example, a square matrix over a field can be expressed as a product of two symmetric matrices; thus square matrices over real numbers can be factorized into two diagonalizable matrices. Factorizing matrices over complex numbers into Hermitian matrices is discussed. The chapter concludes with theorems that enable one to prescribe the eigenvalues of the factors of a square matrix, with some degree of freedom. Chapter 2 proves that a square matrix over arbitrary fields (with one exception) can be expressed as a product of two diagonalizable matrices. The next two chapters consider decomposition of singular matrices into Idempotent matrices, and of nonsingular matrices into Involutions. Chapter 5 studies factorization of a complex matrix into Positive-(semi)definite matrices, emphasizing the least number of such factors required. / Mathematical Sciences / M. Sc. (Mathematics)

Provamos resultados sobre a geometria de hipersuperfícies em diferentes espaços ambiente. Primeiro, definimos uma aplicação de Gauss generalizada para uma hipersuperfície Mn-1 c/ Nn, onde N é um espaço simétrico de dimensão n ≥ 3. Em particular, generalizamos um resultado de Ruh-Vilms e apresentamos aplicações. Em seguida, estudamos superfícies em espaços de dimensão 3: estudamos a equação da curvatura média em um produto semidireto R2oAR e obtemos estimativas da altura e a existência de gráficos mínimos do tipo Scherk. Finalmente, no espaço ambiente de uma variedade hiperbólica de dimensão 3: nós apresentamos condições suficientes para que um mergulho completo de uma superfície ∑ de topologia finita em N com curvatura média |H∑| ≤ 1 seja próprio. / We prove results concerning the geometry of hypersurfaces on di erent ambient spaces. First, we de ne a generalized Gauss map for a hypersurface Mn-1 c/ Nn, where N is a symmetric space of dimension n ≥ 3. In particular, we generalize a result due to Ruh-Vilms and make some applications. Then, we focus on surfaces on spaces of dimension 3: we study the mean curvature equation of a semidirect product R2 oA R to obtain height estimates and the existence of a Scherk-like minimal graph. Finally, on the ambient space of a hyperbolic manifold N of dimension 3 we give su cient conditions for a complete embedding of a nite topology surface ∑ on N with mean curvature |H∑| ≤ 1 to be proper.

Provamos resultados sobre a geometria de hipersuperfícies em diferentes espaços ambiente. Primeiro, definimos uma aplicação de Gauss generalizada para uma hipersuperfície Mn-1 c/ Nn, onde N é um espaço simétrico de dimensão n ≥ 3. Em particular, generalizamos um resultado de Ruh-Vilms e apresentamos aplicações. Em seguida, estudamos superfícies em espaços de dimensão 3: estudamos a equação da curvatura média em um produto semidireto R2oAR e obtemos estimativas da altura e a existência de gráficos mínimos do tipo Scherk. Finalmente, no espaço ambiente de uma variedade hiperbólica de dimensão 3: nós apresentamos condições suficientes para que um mergulho completo de uma superfície ∑ de topologia finita em N com curvatura média |H∑| ≤ 1 seja próprio. / We prove results concerning the geometry of hypersurfaces on di erent ambient spaces. First, we de ne a generalized Gauss map for a hypersurface Mn-1 c/ Nn, where N is a symmetric space of dimension n ≥ 3. In particular, we generalize a result due to Ruh-Vilms and make some applications. Then, we focus on surfaces on spaces of dimension 3: we study the mean curvature equation of a semidirect product R2 oA R to obtain height estimates and the existence of a Scherk-like minimal graph. Finally, on the ambient space of a hyperbolic manifold N of dimension 3 we give su cient conditions for a complete embedding of a nite topology surface ∑ on N with mean curvature |H∑| ≤ 1 to be proper.

Ce mémoire porte sur l’étude des équations d’évolution sur des variétés à coubure non nulle, plus particulièrement l’équation des ondes sur les espaces symétriques riemanniens de type non compact.Des propriétés de dispersion des solutions du problème de Cauchy homogène sont démontrées. Ces propriétés sont ensuite utilisées pour établir des estimations dites estimations de Strichartz. L’examen de ces estimées permet de déduire que le problème de Cauchy non linéaire avec des non-linéarités de type puissance est globalement bien posé pour des données initiales petites et localement bien posé pour des données arbitraires.Après un chapitre introductif dédié aux définitions, propriétés algébriques et géométriques des espaces symétriques et à quelques aspects élémentaires d’analyse harmonique sphérique sur ces espaces, un article est présenté : Wave equation on Riemannian symmetric spaces. Cet article contient nos résultats principaux. Dans le dernier chapitre nous présentons en détail deux problèmes ouverts qui prolongent nos travaux. Il s’agit respectivement d’établir le lien entre le comportement asymptotique des estimées et les orbites nilpotentes, et l’étude de l’équation des ondes pour les formes différentielles sur les espaces symétriques. / In this memoir we study evolution equations on curved manifolds. In particular we are interested in the wave equation on Riemannian symmetric spaces of the noncompact type.Dispersive properties of solutions of homogeneous Cauchy problem are proved. These properties are then used to establish Strichartz-type estimates. A closer study of these estimates shows that the nonlinear Cauchy problem with power-like nonlinearities is globally well posed for small initial data and locally well posed for arbitrary initial data.The first chapter is devoted to definitions, algebraic and geometric properties of symmetric spaces and to few elementary aspects of spherical analysis on these spaces. Then our main results are represented in an article : Wave equation on Riemannian symmetric spaces. In the last chapter we present in detail two open problems for future work. One issue is to establish a link between the asymptotic behavior of the estimates and nilpotent orbits, while another issue is the study of wave equation for differential forms on symmetric spaces.

The purpose of the thesis is to study completeness of abstract spaces. In particular, we study completeness in partial metric spaces, partial metric type spaces, dislocated metric spaces, dislocated metric type spaces and symmetric spaces that are generalizations of metric spaces. It is well known that complete metric spaces have a wide range of applications. For instance, the classical Banach contraction principle is phrased in the context of complete metric spaces. Analogously, the Banach's xed point theorem and xed point results for Lipschitzian maps are discussed in this context, namely in, partial metric spaces and metric type spaces. Finally, xed point results are presented for symmetric spaces / Mathematical Sciences / Ph. D. (Mathematics)

The purpose of the thesis is to study completeness of abstract spaces. In particular, we study completeness in partial metric spaces, partial metric type spaces, dislocated metric spaces, dislocated metric type spaces and symmetric spaces that are generalizations of metric spaces. It is well known that complete metric spaces have a wide range of applications. For instance, the classical Banach contraction principle is phrased in the context of complete metric spaces. Analogously, the Banach's xed point theorem and xed point results for Lipschitzian maps are discussed in this context, namely in, partial metric spaces and metric type spaces. Finally, xed point results are presented for symmetric spaces. / Geography / Ph. D. (Mathematics)

Cette thèse est consacrée à l'étude de la géométrie des variétés de Fano complexes en utilisant les propriétés des sous-faisceaux du fibré tangent et la géométrie du diviseur fondamental. Les résultats principaux compris dans ce texte sont : (i) Une généralisation de la conjecture de Hartshorne: une variété lisse projective est isomorphe à un espace projectif si et seulement si son fibré tangent contient un sous-faisceau ample.(ii) Stabilité du fibré tangent des variétés de Fano lisses de nombre de Picard un : à l'aide de théorèmes d'annulation sur les espaces hermitiens symétriques irréductibles de type compact M, nous montrons que pour presque toute intersection complète générale dans M, le fibré tangent est stable. La même méthode nous permet de donner une réponse sur la stabilité de la restriction du fibré tangent de l'intersection complète à une hypersurface générale.(iii) Non-annulation effective pour des variétés de Fano et ses applications : nous étudions la positivité de la seconde classe de Chern des variétés de Fano lisses de nombre de Picard un. Ceci nous permet de montrer un théorème de non-annulation pour les variétés de Fano lisses de dimension n et d'indice n-3. Comme application, nous étudions la géométrie anticanonique des variétés de Fano et nous calculons les constantes de Seshadri des diviseurs anticanoniques des variétés de Fano d'indice grand.(iv) Diviseurs fondamentaux des variétés de Moishezon lisses de dimension trois et de nombre de Picard un : nous montrons l'existence d'un diviseur lisse dans le système fondamental dans certain cas particulier. / This thesis is devoted to the study of complex Fano varieties via the properties of subsheaves of the tangent bundle and the geometry of the fundamental divisor. The main results contained in this text are:(i) A generalization of Hartshorne's conjecture: a projective manifold is isomorphic to a projective space if and only if its tangent bundle contains an ample subsheaf.(ii) Stability of tangent bundles of Fano manifolds with Picard number one: by proving vanishing theorems on the irreducible Hermitian symmetric spaces of compact type M, we establish that the tangent bundles of almost all general complete intersections in M are stable. Moreover, the same method also gives an answer to the problem of stability of the restriction of the tangent bundle of a complete intersection on a general hypersurface.(iii) Effective non-vanishing for Fano varieties and its applications: we study the positivity of the second Chern class of Fano manifolds with Picard number one, this permits us to prove a non-vanishing result for n-dimensional Fano manifolds with index n-3. As an application, we study the anticanonical geometry of Fano varieties and calculate the Seshadri constants of anticanonical divisors of Fano manifolds with large index.(iv) Fundamental divisors of smooth Moishezon threefolds with Picard number one: we prove the existence of a smooth divisor in the fundamental linear system in some special cases.