Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-117). Also available on the Internet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-117). Also available on the Internet.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 96).

Thesis (M.S.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 1993. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaf 101).

Toric varieties are a class of geometric objects with a combinatorial structure encoded in polytopes. P1 x P2 is a well known variety and its polytope is the triangular prism. Studying the symmetries of the triangular prism and its truncations can lead to symmetries of the variety. Many of these symmetries permute the elements of the cohomology ring nontrivially and induce nontrivial relations. We discuss some toric symmetries of P1 x P2, and describe the geometry of the polytope of the corresponding blowups, and analyze the induced action on the cohomology ring. We exhaustively compute the toric symmetries of P1 x P2.

Dans cette thèse, nous étudions principalement les applications semi-conformes et leur influence sur la résolution de certaines équations géométriques importantes comme celle d’un soliton de Ricci et celle d’une application biharmonique. Dans la première partie, nous appliquons un ansatz qui permet de construire des applications semi-conformes à partir d’une équation différentielle en une fonction de deux variables. Nous caractérisons les solutions réelles-analytiques. Parmi les solutions explicites obtenues, nous trouvons le premier exemple d’une application semi-conforme non-harmonique définie entièrement sur R3 à valeurs dans le plan complexe. Dans la deuxième partie, nous étudions les solitons de Ricci. Nous nous intéressons aux solitons de dimension 3, où ils peuvent être décrits, au moins localement, en terme d’une application semi-conforme. Nous développons une nouvelle méthode de construction de ces solitons à partir des transformations biconformes, particulièrement adaptées à l’étude de l’unicité de la structure. Finalement, nous introduisons une nouvelle notion de morphisme harmonique généralisé qui, comme son nom l’indique, contient les morphismes harmoniques comme un cas particulier. Cette classe d’applications a une importance dans la théorie d’applications biharmoniques. Les morphismes harmoniques généralisés ont une caractérisation nette qui permet de donner plusieurs exemples et méthodes de construction d’applications biharmoniques non-harmonique. / In this work, we primarily study semiconformal mappings and their influence in the resolution of important geometric equations, such as those for a Ricci soliton and those for a biharmonic maps. In the first part of this thesis, we exploit an ansatz for the construction of semi-conformal mappings from a differential equation in a function of two variables. We characterize real-analytic solutions.Among the resulting explicit solutions, we find the first known example of an entire semi-conformal mapping into the plane which is not harmonic. In the second part, we study Ricci solitons.We are particularly interested in 3-dimensional Ricci solitons, as they can be described at least locally, in terms of a semi-conformal map. We develop a construction method of solitons from biconformal deformations, particularly adapted to the study of the structure unicity. Finally, we introduce a new notion of generalized harmonic morphism, which, as the name suggests, contain the harmonic morphisms as a special case. These mappings have an elegant characterization which enables the construction of explicit examples, as well as impacting on the theory of biharmonic mappings.

Noncommutative geometry has over the past four of decades grown into a rich field of study. Novel ideas and concepts are rapidly being developed, and a notable application of the theory outside of pure mathematics is quantum theory. This thesis will focus on a derivation-based approach to noncommutative geometry using the framework of real calculi, which is a rather direct approach to the subject. Due to their direct nature, real calculi are useful when studying classical concepts in Riemannian geometry and how they may be generalized to a noncommutative setting. This thesis aims to shed light on algebraic aspects of real calculi by introducing a concept of morphisms of real calculi, which enables the study of real calculi on a structural level. In particular, real calculi over matrix algebras are discussed both from an algebraic and a geometric perspective.Morphisms are also interpreted geometrically, giving a way to develop a noncommutative theory of embeddings. As an example, the noncommutative torus is minimally embedded into the noncommutative 3-sphere. / Ickekommutativ geometri har under de senaste fyra decennierna blivit ett etablerat forskningsområde inom matematiken. Nya idéer och koncept utvecklas i snabb takt, och en viktig fysikalisk tillämpning av teorin är inom kvantteorin. Denna avhandling kommer att fokusera på ett derivationsbaserat tillvägagångssätt inom ickekommutativ geometri där ramverket real calculi används, vilket är ett relativt direkt sätt att studera ämnet på. Eftersom analogin mellan real calculi och klassisk Riemanngeometri är intuitivt klar så är real calculi användbara när man undersöker hur klassiska koncept inom Riemanngeometri kan generaliseras till en ickekommutativ kontext. Denna avhandling ämnar att klargöra vissa algebraiska aspekter av real calculi genom att introducera morfismer för dessa, vilket möjliggör studiet av real calculi på en strukturell nivå. I synnerhet diskuteras real calculi över matrisalgebror från både ett algebraiskt och ett geometriskt perspektiv. Morfismer tolkas även geometriskt, vilket leder till en ickekommutativ teori för inbäddningar. Som ett exempel blir den ickekommutativa torusen minimalt inbäddad i den ickekommutativa 3-sfären.

Our research is in the general area of String Algorithms and Combinatorics on Words. Specifically, we study a generalization of square-free strings, shuffle properties of strings, and formalizing the reasoning about finite strings. The existence of infinitely long square-free strings (strings with no adjacent repeating word blocks) over a three (or more) letter finite set (referred to as Alphabet) is a well-established result. A natural generalization of this problem is that only subsets of the alphabet with predefined cardinality are available, while selecting symbols of the square-free string. This problem has been studied by several authors, and the lowest possible bound on the cardinality of the subset given is four. The problem remains open for subset size three and we investigate this question. We show that square-free strings exist in several specialized cases of the problem and propose approaches to solve the problem, ranging from patterns in strings to Proof Complexity. We also study the shuffle property (analogous to shuffling a deck of cards labeled with symbols) of strings, and explore the relationship between string shuffle and graphs, and show that large classes of graphs can be represented with special type of strings. Finally, we propose a theory of strings, that formalizes the reasoning about finite strings. By engaging in this line of research, we hope to bring the richness of the advanced field of Proof Complexity to Stringology. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

This work introduces some very basic concepts of category theory as built up over first-order predicate Gödel fuzzy logic (with crisp identity and the delta operator). A fuzzy variation of a classical concept of a category is considered. Then several systems of morphisms loosely based on the crisp categories Rel and Set are defined and examined. Accordingly, all the systems under consideration consist of fuzzy sets as objects and various kinds of binary fuzzy relations as morphisms. Our approach is a logic-based graded generalization of crisp (clas- sical) category-theoretical approaches to fuzzy sets, which have been initiated by Goguen. 1