Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In the present work, we consider a class of Finsler metrics using the warped product notion introduced by B. Chen, Z. Shen and L. Zhao (2018), with another “warping”, one that is consistent with the form of metrics modeling static spacetimes and simplified by spherical symmetry over spatial coordinates, which emerged from the Schwarzschild metric in isotropic coordinates. We will give the PDE characterization for the proposed metrics to be Ricci-flat and construct explicit examples. Whenever possible, we describe both positive-definite solutions and solutions with Lorentz signature. For the latter, the 4-dimensional metrics may also be studied as Finsler spacetimes.

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<div>In the present work, we consider a class of Finsler metrics using the warped product notion introduced by B. Chen, Z. Shen and L. Zhao (2018), with another “warping”, one that is consistent with the form of metrics modeling static spacetimes and simplified by spherical symmetry over spatial coordinates, which emerged from the Schwarzschild metric in isotropic coordinates. We will give the PDE characterization for the proposed metrics to be Ricci-flat and construct explicit examples. Whenever possible, we describe both positive-definite solutions and solutions with Lorentz signature. For the latter, the 4-dimensional metrics may also be studied as Finsler spacetimes.</div>

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeiÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O propÃsito desta tese à obter teoremas de caracterizaÃÃo de hipersuperfÃcies tipo-espaÃo completas isometricamente imersas num ambiente semi-Riemanniano mediante alguma restriÃÃo sobre a aplicaÃÃo de gauss ou sobre as r-curvaturas mÃdias destes objetos. Iniciamos nosso trabalho dando condiÃÃes necessÃrias para garantir a umbilicidade de hipersuperfÃcies imersas no espaÃo hiperbÃlico Hn+1 com aplicaÃÃo de Gauss prescrita. Em seguida, obtemos alguns resultados de unicidade de hipersuperfÃcies completas com curvaturas de ordem superior limitadas num ambiente do tipo et x et Mn supondo uma restriÃÃo apropriada sobre o Ãngulo normal da hipersuperfÃcie em questÃo. Na Ãltima parte deste trabalho, obtemos resultados tipo-Bernstein considerando grÃficos verticais completos com curvatura mÃdia constante imersos num produto warped Riemanniano I xf Mn onde supomos uma conhecida condiÃÃo de convergÃncia sobre a curvatura seccional da fibra Mn. / The purpose of this thesis is to obtain characterization theorems of complete spacelike hypersurfaces isometrically immersed in a semi-Riemannian ambient space under some restrictions on the Gauss mapping or about the r-mean curvatures of these objects. We start our work by providing necessary conditions to ensure the umbilicity of immersed hypersurfaces in the hyperbolic space Hn+1 with prescribed Gauss mapping. Next, we obtain some uniqueness results of complete hypersurfaces with bounded higher order mean curvatures in a space ER x et Mn where we suppose an appropriate condition on the normal angle of the hypersurface. In the last part of this work, we obtain Bernstein-type results concerning to complete vertical graphs with constant mean curvature immersed in a Riemannian warped product I x f Mn, where we suppose a well know convergence condition on the sectional curvature of the fibre Mn.

Submitted by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2015-11-30T07:33:27Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Márcio Lemes de Sousa - 2015.pdf: 2626758 bytes, checksum: 1e9e1b9d216bad33d6b5919afa54a4e4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2015-11-30T07:35:41Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Márcio Lemes de Sousa - 2015.pdf: 2626758 bytes, checksum: 1e9e1b9d216bad33d6b5919afa54a4e4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-11-30T07:35:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Tese - Márcio Lemes de Sousa - 2015.pdf: 2626758 bytes, checksum: 1e9e1b9d216bad33d6b5919afa54a4e4 (MD5) license_rdf: 23148 bytes, checksum: 9da0b6dfac957114c6a7714714b86306 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-07-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In this thesis, primarily, we studied warped products semi-Riemannian Einstein manifolds. We considered the case in that the base is conformal to an n-dimensional pseudo- Euclidean space and invariant under the action of an (n 􀀀 1)-dimensional translation group. We constructed new examples of Einstein warped products with zero Ricci curvature when the fiber is Ricci-flat. In particular, we obtain explicit solutions, in the case vacuum, for Einstein field equation. Furthermore, we consider M = B f F warped product gradient Ricci solitons. We proved that the potential function depends only on the base and the fiber F is necessarily Einstein manifold. We provide all such solutions in the case of steady gradient Ricci solitons when the base is conformal to an n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space, invariant under the action of an (n􀀀1)-dimensional translation group, and the fiber F is Ricci-flat. / Nesta tese, primeiramente, estudamos variedades produto torcido semi-Riemannianas de Einstein, considerando-se o caso em que a base é conforme ao espaço pseudo- Euclidiano n -dimensional e invariante sob a ação de um grupo de translações (n􀀀1)-dimensional. Construímos novos exemplos de métricas produto torcido Einstein com curvatura de Ricci zero quando a fibra é Ricci -flat. Em particular, obtemos soluções explícitas, no caso de vácuo, para a equação de campo de Einstein. Em seguida, provamos que quando a variedade M = B f F é um Ricci soliton gradiente a função potencial depende apenas da base e a fibra F é necessariamente uma variedade de Einstein. Fornecemos todas as soluções, no caso de Ricci soliton gradiente steady, quando a base é conforme ao espaço pseudo- Euclidiano n -dimensional, invariante sob a ação de um grupo translações (n􀀀1) - dimensional, e a fibra F é Ricci -flat.

Submitted by Marlene Santos (marlene.bc.ufg@gmail.com) on 2016-06-15T19:51:42Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elismar Dias Batista - 2016.pdf: 1518873 bytes, checksum: 8375db389a2056c5849ee168f5efa5ce (MD5) license_rdf: 19874 bytes, checksum: 38cb62ef53e6f513db2fb7e337df6485 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2016-06-28T12:21:16Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elismar Dias Batista - 2016.pdf: 1518873 bytes, checksum: 8375db389a2056c5849ee168f5efa5ce (MD5) license_rdf: 19874 bytes, checksum: 38cb62ef53e6f513db2fb7e337df6485 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-28T12:21:16Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Elismar Dias Batista - 2016.pdf: 1518873 bytes, checksum: 8375db389a2056c5849ee168f5efa5ce (MD5) license_rdf: 19874 bytes, checksum: 38cb62ef53e6f513db2fb7e337df6485 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-03-31 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / This work is based on the articles [26] and [27], where we studied Einstein manifolds and gradient Ricci soliton with twisted product structure. As a result, we prove the following: if M is an Einstein warped product space with nonpositive scalar curvature and compact base, then M is a Riemannian product space. Besides, we show that the Riemannian product Rp×F is a gradient Ricci soliton if and only if F is Ricci soliton gradient. Then, we show that the warped product R×f B is gradient Ricci solitons with f ′′ 6= 0, therefore F is Einstein. By using these results, we build nontrivial examples of gradient Ricci soliton where the fiber is either an Einstein manifold or a nontrivial gradient Ricci soliton. / Este trabalho está baseado nos artigos [26] e [27], onde estudamos Variedades de Einstein e gradiente Ricci solitons com estrutura de produto torcido. Provamos que: se M é um produto torcido Einstein com curvatura escalar não positiva e base compacta, então a função torção é constante, ou seja, o produto torcido é Riemanniano. Mostramos ainda que o produto Riemanniano Rp ×F é um gradiente Ricci soliton se e somente se F for gradiente Ricci soliton. Em seguida, mostramos que se o produto torcido R×f F for gradiente Ricci soliton com f ′′(t) 6= 0, então F é Einstein. Usando estes resultados construímos exemplos de gradiente Ricci soliton não trivial com a fibra sendo Einstein ou gradiente Ricci soliton não trivial. Finalmente consideramos o produto torcido Lorentziano sendo gradiente Ricci soliton e obtivemos critérios análogos ao Riemanniano para que F seja Einstein ou gradiente Ricci soliton.

Submitted by Erika Demachki (erikademachki@gmail.com) on 2017-03-17T21:10:56Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Laena Furtado Borges - 2017.pdf: 2090414 bytes, checksum: afc3416e502ab5aedc5390b7986a9fcf (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2017-03-20T13:53:29Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Laena Furtado Borges - 2017.pdf: 2090414 bytes, checksum: afc3416e502ab5aedc5390b7986a9fcf (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-03-20T13:53:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Laena Furtado Borges - 2017.pdf: 2090414 bytes, checksum: afc3416e502ab5aedc5390b7986a9fcf (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-03 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior - CAPES / In this work, we will present some concepts of quasi-Einstein metrics. From this, we will enunciate and demonstrate rigidity results for quasi-Einstein metrics until we have enough material to demonstrate a stiffness result for quasi-Einstein metrics of dimension two. Finally, we will give some concepts of Kähler metrics, prove a theorem and finally demonstrate a corollary that connects the main theorem of our work with Kähler metrics. / Nesse trabalho, apresentaremos alguns conceitos de métricas quasi-Einstein. A partir disso, enunciaremos e demonstraremos resultados de rigidez para métricas quasi-Einstein, até que tenhamos material suficiente para a demonstração de um resultado de rigidez para métricas quasi-Einstein em dimensão dois. Por fim, daremos alguns conceitos de métricas kähler, provaremos um teorema e por fim demonstraremos um corolário que conecta o teorema principal do nosso trabalho com as métricas Kähler.

What is in common between the Kepler problem, a Hydrogen atom and a rotating black- hole? These systems are described by different physical theories, but much information about them can be obtained by separating an appropriate Hamilton-Jacobi equation. The separation of variables of the Hamilton-Jacobi equation is an old but still powerful tool for obtaining exact solutions. The goal of this thesis is to present the theory and application of a certain type of conformal Killing tensor (hereafter called concircular tensor) to the separation of variables problem. The application is to spaces of constant curvature, with special attention to spaces with Euclidean and Lorentzian signatures. The theory includes the general applicability of concircular tensors to the separation of variables problem and the application of warped products to studying Killing tensors in general and separable coordinates in particular. Our first main result shows how to use these tensors to construct a special class of separable coordinates (hereafter called Kalnins-Eisenhart-Miller (KEM) coordinates) on a given space. Conversely, the second result generalizes the Kalnins-Miller classification to show that any orthogonal separable coordinates in a space of constant curvature are KEM coordinates. A closely related recursive algorithm is defined which allows one to intrinsically (coordinate independently) search for KEM coordinates which separate a given (natural) Hamilton-Jacobi equation. This algorithm is exhaustive in spaces of constant curvature. Finally, sufficient details are worked out, so that one can apply these procedures in spaces of constant curvature using only (linear) algebraic operations. As an example, we apply the theory to study the separability of the Calogero-Moser system.

Submitted by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2018-05-22T14:42:33Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) h-Quase Sóliton de Ricci.pdf: 40561599 bytes, checksum: 88a9a69eec01fab6046ed43b9b7d63b9 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Divisão de Documentação/BC Biblioteca Central (ddbc@ufam.edu.br) on 2018-05-22T14:42:51Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) h-Quase Sóliton de Ricci.pdf: 40561599 bytes, checksum: 88a9a69eec01fab6046ed43b9b7d63b9 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-05-22T14:42:51Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) h-Quase Sóliton de Ricci.pdf: 40561599 bytes, checksum: 88a9a69eec01fab6046ed43b9b7d63b9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-12-01 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / In this work we study the concept h-almost Ricci soliton introduced by Gomes-Wang-Xia which extends naturally the almost Ricci soliton studied by Pigola et al. In this setting, we show that a compact nontrivial h-almost Ricci soliton of dimension no less than three with h positive (or negative) and constant scalar curvature is isometric to a standard sphere with well defined potential function. Latter on, we also consider h-Ricci soliton which is a particular case of the h-almost Ricci soliton and a generalization of the traditional Ricci soliton. We prove that a particular case of compact gra-dient h-Ricci soliton steady or expanding, is trivial. Moreover, we give a characterization for a special class of gradient h-Ricci solitons. / Neste trabalho vamos estudar o conceito de h-quase sólitons de Ricci introduzido por Gomes-Wang-Xia o qual é uma extensão natural dos quase sólitons de Ricci estudados por Pigola et al. Com esta configuração, vamos mostrar que um h-quase sóliton de Ricci compacto de curvatura escalar constante não-trivial de dimensão maior ou igual a três e li possuindo sinal definido é isométrico a uma esfera euclidiana com função potencial explicita-mente definida. Logo após, também vamos considerar h-sólitons de Ricci os quais são casos particulares dos h-quase sólitons de Ricci e uma generalização dos tradicionais sólitons de Ricci. Vamos provar que um caso particular de h-sóliton de Ricci gradiente compacto estacionário ou expansivo, é trivial. Além disso, exibiremos uma caracterização para uma classe especial de h-sólitons de Ricci gradiente.