Author's dissertation (Ph.D.)--University of Amsterdam, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284). Also available in print.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2003. / Title from first page of PDF file. Document formatted into pages; contains x, 113 p.; also includes graphics. Includes abstract and vita. Advisor: Lauren J. Krivo, Dept. of Sociology. Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-113).

Proefschrift--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284).

Proefschrift--Universiteit van Amsterdam, 2009. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-284).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2006. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 231-236).

published_or_final_version / Urban Planning / Master / Master of Science in Urban Planning

Typescript (photocopy). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

Typescript (photocopy). / Digitized by Kansas Correctional Industries

This dissertation consists of two parts. In the first part we show that for 1 k 1, a complex manifold M of dimension at least k in the boundary of a smooth bounded pseudoconvex domain in Cn is an obstruction to compactness of the @- Neumann operator on (p, q)-forms for 0 p k n, provided that at some point of M, the Levi form of b has the maximal possible rank n − 1 − dim(M) (i.e. the boundary is strictly pseudoconvex in the directions transverse to M). In particular, an analytic disc is an obstruction to compactness of the @-Neumann operator on (p, 1)-forms, provided that at some point of the disc, the Levi form has only one vanishing eigenvalue (i.e. the eigenvalue zero has multiplicity one). We also show that a boundary point where the Levi form has only one vanishing eigenvalue can be picked up by the plurisubharmonic hull of a set only via an analytic disc in the boundary. In the second part we obtain a weaker and quantified version of McNeal’s Property ( eP) which still implies the existence of a Stein neighborhood basis. Then we give some applications on domains in C2 with a defining function that is plurisubharmonic on the boundary.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Delaware, 2007. / Principal faculty advisor: David L. Ames, School of Urban Affairs & Public Policy. Includes bibliographical references.