Thesis (M. S.)--Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2007. / Jacobs, Laurence, Committee Chair ; Qu, Jianmin, Committee Member ; Valle, Christine, Committee Co-Chair.

Thesis (M.S.)--Brigham Young University. Dept. of Computer Science, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 79-81).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Lehigh University, 2000. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 103-111).

Orientador: José Roberto Campanha / Banca: Hari Mohan Gupta / Banca: Roberto Nicolau Onody / Resumo: Este trabalho pode ser separado em duas partes. Na primeira apresentamos, de forma resumida, a natureza fractal das séries de precipitação de chuvas, a estimativa do expoente de Hurst (H), a transformada wavelet, o seu uso na estimativa de H e a comprovação, por meio de testes com séries de movimento browniano fracionário geradas com H estabelecido a priori, que temos um bom método para estimar H com a transformada wavelet. Na segunda parte é feita uma análise das séries temporais de precipitação de chuvas (séries de chuva). As séries de chuvas foram obtidas junto ao Departamento de Águas e Energia Elétrica (DAEE) do estado de São Paulo e são constituídas de medições diárias, em milímetros, da quantidade de chuva em postos meteorológicos distribuídos em todo o estado. Algumas séries apresentam ausências de medições que acabam transformando uma série longa em duas ou mais séries menores. Em função disso foi estabelecido um procedimento que permite aproveitar essas séries com ausências (dias sem medições) para estimar o expoente de Hurst. A partir de considerações climáticas o estado foi dividido em nove regiões. Foram selecionadas séries com 20 anos de registros de chuva (de janeiro de 1978 a dezembro de 1997). Dos valores de H encontrados foi feita uma média para cada região climática do estado de São Paulo. / Abstract: This work can be separated into two parts. In the first part is briefly presented the fractal nature of the rain precipitation series, the estimate of the Hurst exponent (H), the wavelet transform, its use in the estimate of H and the evidence, by tests with generated series of fractional brownian motion with H established a priori, that we have a good method to estimate H with wavelet transform. In the second part an analysis of rain precipitation series is made. The rain series had been obtained from the Departmento de Águas e Energia Elétrica (DAEE) of the state of São Paulo and contain daily measurements, in milimeters, of the amount of rain in distributed meteorological stations all over the state. Some series present absences of measurements, transforming a long series into two or more lesser series. A procedure was established, allowing to use these series with absences (days with no measurements) to estimate the Hurst exponent. From climatic considerations the state was divided into nine regions. The regions with rain data over a period of 20 years have been selected as rain series (from january 1978 to december 1997). From the several values of H, we computed an averaged value of H for each climatic regions of the state of São Paulo. / Mestre

D. Phil. (Physics) / Please refer to full text to view abstract

The problem of determining the structure of linear transformations on the algebra of n-square matrices over the complex field is discussed by M. Marcus and B. N. Moyls in the paper ''Linear Transformations on Algebras of Matrices". The authors were able to characterize linear transformations which preserve one or more of the following properties of n-square matrices; rank, determinant and eigenvalues. The problem of obtaining a similar characterization of transformations as given by M. Marcus and B. N. Moyls but for a wider class of fields is considered in this thesis. In particular, their characterization of rank preserving transformations holds for an arbitrary field. One of the results on determinant preserving transformations obtained by M. Marcus and B. N. Moyls states that if a linear transformation T maps unimodular matrices into unimodular matrices, then T preserves determinants. Since this result does not necessarily hold for algebras of matrices over finite fields, the discussion on the characterization of determinant preserving transformations is limited to algebras of matrices over infinite fields. / Science, Faculty of / Mathematics, Department of / Graduate

The main purpose of this paper is the study of transformations in topological space and relationships between special types of transformations.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Boston University, 2003. / In this thesis, studies which concern two different subjects related to phase transitions in fluids and crystalline solids are presented. Condensed matter formation, structure, and phase transitions are modeled using molecular dynamics simulations of simple discontinuous potentials with attractive and repulsive interactions. Novel phase diagrams are proposed for quasicrystals, crystals, and liquids. In the first part of the thesis, the formation of a quasicrystal in a two dimensional monodisperse system is investigated using molecular dynamics simulations of hard sphere particles interacting via a two-dimensional square-well potential. It is found that for certain values of the square-well parameters more than one stable crystalline phase can form. By quenching the liquid phase at a very low temperature, an amorphous phase is obtained. When this the amorphous phase is heated, a quasicrystalline structure with five-fold symmetry forms. From estimations of the Helmholtz potentials of the stable crystalline phases and of the quasicrystal, it is concluded that within a specific temperature range, the observed quasicrystal phase can be the stable phase. The second part of the thesis concerns a study of the liquid-liquid phase transition for a single-component system in three dimensions, interacting via an isotropic potential with a repulsive soft-core shoulder at short distance and an attractive well at an intermediate distance. The potential is similar to potentials used to describe [TRUNCATED}

<p> An X-ray study of the various phases of anhydrous sodium pyrophosphate has been carried out. The system began with an ordered structure in orthorhombic space group P212121 and ended with a completely disordered structure in hexagonal space group P63/mmc, All the intermediate phases were partially disordered.</p> <p> The crystal structure of the first two phases of the system were determined while the rest were only partially solved due to the complexity of the disorder involved. A discussion on the symmetry aspects of the phase transformations was given and a model for the disorder of the hexagonal phase was proposed.</p> <p> As an integral part of the study the room-temperature phase of sodium diarsenate was also investigated.</p> / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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