I consider Derek Parfit's claim that our partial and impartial reasons are only roughly commensurable. Parfit's philosophy draws heavily on Henry Sidgwick's dualism of practical reason, and I examine how well Parfit's arguments in Reasons and Persons and On What Matters handle the difficulties that come with Sidgwick's dualism. I also defend Parfit's conclusions against Allen Wood's accusation that he relies on intuitions about cases that lack morally relevant information. This charge overlooks the more fundamental differences in their two moral theories. I conclude that if we accept Parfit's conception of what reasons we have, we ought to accept his further claim that our fundamental reasons cannot be weighed against one another. If this is the case, we will always have sufficient reason to be both moral and self-interested in most situations.

abstract INERT SUBGROUPS AND CENTRALIZERS OF INVOLUTIONS IN LOCALLY FINITE SIMPLE GROUPS &uml / Ozyurt, Erdal Ph. D., Department of Mathematics Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Mahmut Kuzucuo&amp / #728 / glu September 2003, 68 pages A subgroup H of a group G is called inert if [H : H Hg] is finite for all g 2 G. A group is called totally inert if every subgroup is inert. Among the basic properties of inert subgroups, we prove the following. Let M be a maximal subgroup of a locally finite group G. If M is inert and abelian, then G is soluble with derived length at most 3. In particular, the given properties impose a strong restriction on the derived length of G. We also prove that, if the centralizer of every involution is inert in an infinite locally finite simple group G, then every finite set of elements of G can not be contained in a finite simple group. In a special case, this generalizes a Theorem of Belyaev&amp / #8211 / Kuzucuo&amp / #728 / glu&amp / #8211 / Se&cedil / ckin, which proves that there exists no infinite locally finite totally inert simple group.

Ce mémoire de thèse décrit la synthèse et l'étude d'un nouvel oxyde de formulation TlSr2CoO5, dont la structure est apparentée à celle des cuprates supraconducteurs dits "1201". TlSr2CoO5 présente une transition structurale associée à une transition isolant-métal au voisinage de la température ambiante. La phase haute température métallique est effectivement isotype du cuprate de thallium TlSr2CuO5. La phase basse température est caractérisée par microscopie électronique à transmission et diffraction des rayons X issus du rayonnement synchrotron. Elle présente une modulation des distances Co-O à l'origine d'une surstructure et de la stabilisation de configurations électroniques particulières du cobalt. La caractérisation de TlSr2CoO5 est complétée par une étude EXAFS et XANES au seuil K du cobalt ainsi que par une étude des propriétés électroniques (Mesures de susceptibilité magnétique, propriétés de transport, RMN, calculs de structures de bande). Nous proposons alors un modèle expliquant les propriétés de transport.

CoordenaÃÃo de AperfeÃoamento de Pessoal de NÃvel Superior / O trabalho traz inicialmente uma abordagem histÃrica, da GrÃcia (com os pitagÃricos), com o matemÃtico Eudoxo, fazendo referÃncia a talvez à maior obra matemÃtica, os livros de Euclides. Em seguida, trazemos definiÃÃes e construÃÃes sobre os nÃmeros reais com um corpo completo, os conceitos de Ãnfimo, supremo, sequÃncias infinitas com destaque as convergentes, sequÃncia de Cauchy e os trÃs teoremas fundamentais para o curso de cÃlculo, o teorema do anulamento, do valor intermediÃrio e de Weierstrass. Logo apÃs, definimos mÃtrica e espaÃo mÃtrico no plano, mostramos que o processo de comparar um segmento arbitrÃrio com outro fixado como unidade nos conduz aos diversos tipos de nÃmeros reais positivos: inteiros, racionais e irracionais, onde a noÃÃo de segmento comensurÃvel à explicada. O cÃlculo de Ãrea para figuras planas, onde sÃo apresentadas as fÃrmulas usuais para as Ãreas dos polÃgonos mais simples, apresentamos uma aplicaÃÃo, a fÃrmula de Pick, sem demonstraÃÃo do teorema, simples, divertida, prÃtica e eficiente para o cÃlculo de Ãrea, um conteÃdo da disciplina de matemÃtica presente em todo o ensino bÃsico do Brasil sempre presente em avaliaÃÃes externas como a OBMEP. / The work initially brings a historical approach, Greece (with the Pythagoreans), with the mathematician Eudoxus, referring to perhaps the greatest mathematical work, Euclidâs books. Then bring definitions and constructions of the real numbers as a complete body, the concepts of tiny, supreme, infinite sequences especially the convergent, Cauchy sequences and the three fundamental theorems for the calculus course, the annulment of the theorem, the intermediate value and Weierstrass. Soon after, we define metric and metric space in the plan, we show that the process of comparing an arbitrary segment with another set as unit leads to various types of positive real numbers: integers, rational and irrational, where the notion of measurable and immeasurable segment is explained. The area calculation for plane figures, where the usual formulas for the areas of simple polygons are presented, we present and application, Pickâs formula, without demonstration of the theorem, simple, fun, practical and efficient for area calculation, one this mathematical discipline of content throughout basic education in Brazil always present in external evaluation as OBMEP.