French colonial regimes in West Africa and the Caribbean left the diverse populations fragmented without a central set of cultural values to unify them. The search for identity permeates postcolonial francophone literature with the mother symbol at its center. Coinciding with popular ideologies, the portrayal of motherhood has evolved from the source of ancient roots in traditional African society to the enterprise of the future by cultivating their own mores. By analyzing the mother symbol in a variety of texts from West Africa and the Caribbean and by situating them in their historical and social context, I will assess the role of the mother in the quest for a new identity. The earlier works written by male authors in the l 940s and 1950s tend to associate the mother figure with nostalgia for the native land and tradition, and gave her stereotypical characterizations of femininity such as docility, smothering sentimentality, and dependence. The more contemporary works show mothering outside of the conventional practices, especially the female authors who include a variety of mother figures in their texts in an attempt to dispel repressive definitions. Nevertheless, all of the literary works in the study equate mothering with a prospect of hope.

Soit P(z):=\sum_{\nu=0}^na_\nu z^{\nu}$ un polynôme de degré n et M:=\sup_{|z|=1}|P(z)|.$ Sans aucne restriction suplémentaire, on sait que $|P'(z)|\leq Mn$ pour $|z|\leq 1$ (inégalité de Bernstein). Si nous supposons maintenant que les zéros du polynôme $P$ sont à l'extérieur du cercle $|z|=k,$ quelle amélioration peut-on apporter à l'inégalité de Bernstein? Il est déjà connu [{\bf \ref{Mal1}}] que dans le cas où $k\geq 1$ on a $$(*) \qquad |P'(z)|\leq \frac{n}{1+k}M \qquad (|z|\leq 1),$$ qu'en est-il pour le cas où $k < 1$? Quelle est l'inégalité analogue à $(*)$ pour une fonction entière de type exponentiel $\tau ?$ D'autre part, si on suppose que $P$ a tous ses zéros dans $|z|\geq k \, \, (k\geq 1),$ quelle est l'estimation de $|P'(z)|$ sur le cercle unité, en terme des quatre premiers termes de son développement en série entière autour de l'origine. Cette thèse constitue une contribution à la théorie analytique des polynômes à la lumière de ces questions. / Let P(z):=\sum_{\nu=0}^na_\nu z^{\nu}$ a polynomial of degree n and M:=\sup_{|z|=1}|P(z)|$. Without any additional restriction, we know that $|P '(z) | \leq Mn$ for $| z | \leq 1$ (Bernstein's inequality). Now if we assume that the zeros of the polynomial $P$ are outside the circle $| z | = k$, which improvement could be made to the Bernstein inequality? It is already known [{\bf \ref{Mal1}}] that in the case where $k \geq 1$, one has$$ (*) \qquad | P '(z) | \leq \frac{n}{1 + k} M \qquad (| z | \leq 1),$$ what would it be in the case where $k < 1$? What is the analogous inequality for an entire function of exponential type $\tau$? On the other hand, if we assume that $P$ has all its zeros in $| z | \geq k \, \, (k \geq 1),$ which is the estimate of $| P '(z) |$ on the unit circle, in terms of the first four terms of its Maclaurin series expansion. This thesis comprises a contribution to the analytic theory of polynomials in the light of these problems.

Este trabalho examina os estudos literários que se seguem, publicados em meados de 1970: A perversão do trapezista: o romance em Cornélio Penna (1976), de Luiz Costa Lima; Verso Universo em Drummond (1975) de José Guilherme Merquior; Ao vencedor as batatas (1977), de Roberto Schwarz; Fundamentos da investigação literária (1974), de Eduardo Portella e Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1976) de Silviano Santiago. Nosso objetivo é investigar de que modo a produção do conhecimento sobre literatura e a produção do valor literário se deram nesses trabalhos, bem como indicar algumas transformações no campo literário naquele período. / This academic work examine the literary studies that follows, all published in the mid-1970s: A perversão do trapezista: o romance em Cornélio Penna (1976), by Luiz Costa Lima; Verso Universo em Drummond (1975), by José Guilherme Merquior; Ao vencedor as batatas (1977), by Roberto Schwarz; Fundamentos da investigação literária (1974), by Eduardo Portella e Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1976), by Silviano Santiago. Our purpose is to investigate how the production of knowledge about literature and the production of literay value is given in this work, as well as indicate somes changes in the literary field in that period.

Les modèles de transport réactif sont un outil basique pour la modélisation de l'intéraction entre les réactions chimiques et l'écoulement du fluide dans un milieu poreux. Nous présentons un modèle de transport réactif multi-espèces totalement réduit incluant des réactions cinétiques et en équilibre. Une formulation structurée ainsi que différentes approches numériques sont proposées. Les méthodes de décomposition de domaine offrent la possibilité de diviser des problèmes de grande taille dans des problèmes plus petits dont la solution se fait en parallèle. Partant d'un point de vue géométrique, nous présentons la classe des méthodes de Schwarz ayant prouvé une haute performance dans de nombreuses applications. Des questions quant à la réalisation d'une décomposition de domaine et des conditions de transmission au niveau discret sont traitées dans le contexte des volumes finis. Nous proposons et validons numériquement un schéma de volumes finis hybrides pour l'opérateur d'advection-diffusion étant particulièrement adapté à l'utilisation dans le contexte d'une décomposition de domaine. Nous étudions théoriquement et numériquement des méthodes de Schwarz relaxation d'ondes en détail pour un système de deux espèces couplées de type transport réactif avec des termes de couplage linéaire et non-linéaire. Des résultats qualifiant le problème comme bien posé ainsi que la convergence des méthodes de décomposition de domaine sont développés et la sensibilité du comportement de convergence de l'algorithme de Schwarz par rapport au terme de couplage est étudiée. Finalement, nous appliquons une méthode de Schwarz relaxation d'ondes au modèle de transport réactif multi-espèces présenté.

Les textures directionnelles forment la classe particulière des images texturées représentant des hypersurfaces (lignes dermiques, fibres de matériaux, horizons sismiques, etc.). Pour ce type de textures, la reconstruction d'hypersurfaces permet ainsi d'en décrire la géométrie et la structure. À partir du calcul préalable du champ d'orientation, des reconstructions peuvent être obtenues au moyen de la minimisation d'une équation aux dérivées partielles sous contraintes, linéarisée et résolue itérativement de manière optimale dans le domaine de Fourier.Dans ce travail, les reconstructions d'hypersurfaces sont considérées comme un moyen de description à la fois amont et aval de la géométrie des textures directionnelles. Dans une démarche amont, la reconstruction de faisceaux locaux et denses d'hypersurfaces conduit à un modèle de transformation d'espace permettant de déplier localement la texture ou son champ de gradient et d'améliorer l'estimation du champ d'orientation par rapport au classique tenseur de structure. Dans une démarche aval, des reconstructions d'hypersurfaces effectuées sur des supports polygonaux quelconques, isolés ou imbriqués, permettent d'obtenir des reconstructions plus pertinentes que par les méthodes existantes. Les démarches proposées mettent en œuvre des chaînes de transformations d'espace conformes (transformation de Schwarz-Christoffel, de Möbius, etc.) afin de respecter les contraintes et d'accéder à des schémas de résolution rapide. / Directional textures are the particular class of textured images representing hypersurfaces (dermal lines, material fibers, seismic horizons, etc.). For this type of textures, the reconstruction of hypersurfaces describes their geometry and structure. From the preliminary estimation of the orientation field, reconstructions can be obtained by means of the minimization of a partial differential equation under constraints, linearized and iteratively resolved in the Fourier domain.In this work, the reconstructions of hypersurfaces are considered as means of description both upstream and downstream of the geometry of the directional textures. In an upstream approach, the reconstruction of local and dense streams of hypersurfaces leads to a spatial transformation model to locally unfold the texture or its gradient field and to improve the estimation of the orientation field compared with the classic tensor structure. In a downstream approach, reconstructions of hypersurfaces carried out on any polygonal supports, either isolated or imbricated, lead to more accurate reconstructions than existing methods. The proposed approaches implement chains of conformal space transformations (transformation of Schwarz-Christoffel, Möbius, etc.) in order to respect the constraints and to access fast PDE solution schemes.

Neste trabalho de tese discutimos resultados recentes sobre a regularidade e propriedades geomÃtricas de soluÃÃes variacionais de problemas de fronteira livre de duas fases regidos por equaÃÃes elÃpticas nÃo lineares degeneradas/singulares. Discutimos tambÃm resultados do tipo PhragmÃm-Lindelof para tais equaÃÃes classificando essas soluÃÃes em semi-espaÃos. / Neste trabalho de tese discutimos resultados recentes sobre a regularidade e propriedades geomÃtricas de soluÃÃes variacionais de problemas de fronteira livre de duas fases regidos por equaÃÃes elÃpticas nÃo lineares degeneradas/singulares. Discutimos tambÃm resultados do tipo PhragmÃm-Lindelof para tais equaÃÃes classificando essas soluÃÃes em semi-espaÃos. / In this work of thesis we discuss recents results on the regularity and geometric properties of variational solutions of two phase free boundary problems governed by singular/degenerate nonlinear elliptic equations. We also discuss PhragmÃn-Lindelof type results for such equations classifying those solutions in half spaces. / In this work of thesis we discuss recents results on the regularity and geometric properties of variational solutions of two phase free boundary problems governed by singular/degenerate nonlinear elliptic equations. We also discuss PhragmÃn-Lindelof type results for such equations classifying those solutions in half spaces.

Este trabalho examina os estudos literários que se seguem, publicados em meados de 1970: A perversão do trapezista: o romance em Cornélio Penna (1976), de Luiz Costa Lima; Verso Universo em Drummond (1975) de José Guilherme Merquior; Ao vencedor as batatas (1977), de Roberto Schwarz; Fundamentos da investigação literária (1974), de Eduardo Portella e Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1976) de Silviano Santiago. Nosso objetivo é investigar de que modo a produção do conhecimento sobre literatura e a produção do valor literário se deram nesses trabalhos, bem como indicar algumas transformações no campo literário naquele período. / This academic work examine the literary studies that follows, all published in the mid-1970s: A perversão do trapezista: o romance em Cornélio Penna (1976), by Luiz Costa Lima; Verso Universo em Drummond (1975), by José Guilherme Merquior; Ao vencedor as batatas (1977), by Roberto Schwarz; Fundamentos da investigação literária (1974), by Eduardo Portella e Carlos Drummond de Andrade (1976), by Silviano Santiago. Our purpose is to investigate how the production of knowledge about literature and the production of literay value is given in this work, as well as indicate somes changes in the literary field in that period.

Ce travail est une contribution à la simulation numérique d'écoulements turbulents dans un but d'application industrielle. Nous nous intéressons dans un premier temps à une nouvelle combinaison "VMS-LES/procédure dynamique" pour la simulation d'écoulements autour de cylindres circulaire et carré. L'approche VMS-LES mise en œuvre a pour originalité d'utiliser une procédure de moyennage sur des volumes finis agglomérés dans le but de séparer les échelles, l'approche dynamique étant celle introduite par Germano en LES. Une approche hybride RANS/VMS-LES est ensuite évaluée sur le problème du cylindre circulaire à des nombres de Reynolds élevés. Cette approche introduit un paramètre d'hybridation qui selon la résolution locale de grille privilège le modèle RANS ou celui VMS-LES. Enfin, les performances d'un algorithme de Schwarz deux-niveau, qui utilise les méthodes de déflation et de balancing, sont examinées d'un point de vue efficacité et scalabilité dans le cas de simulations VMS-LES. / This work is a contribution to the numerical simulation of turbulent flows with the aim of industrial application. At first, we focus on a new combination "VMS-LES/dynamic procedure" for the simulation of flows around circular and square cylinders. The VMS-LES approach adopted in this work is original in using an averaging procedure over agglomerated finite volumes in order to separate the scales, the dynamic approach being the one introduced by Germano in LES. A RANS/VMS-LES hybrid approach is then evaluated on the circular cylinder test case at high Reynolds numbers. This approach introduces a hybridization parameter which privileges the RANS model or the VMS-LES model according to the grid resolution. Finally, the performance of a two-level Schwarz algorithm, which uses the deflation and balancing methods, are examined in terms of efficiency and scalability in the context of VMS-LES simulations.

by Chu Lap-foo. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 68-69). / Introduction --- p.iii / Chapter 1 --- Basic Properties of Singular Solutions --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- An Asymptotic Radial Result --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Local Uniqueness of Radial Solutions --- p.8 / Chapter 2 --- Dirichlet Problem : Existence Theory I --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1 --- Formulation --- p.12 / Chapter 2.2 --- Explicit Solutions on Balls --- p.14 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Moser Inequality --- p.19 / Chapter 2.4 --- Existence of Solutions in General Domains --- p.24 / Chapter 2.5 --- Spectrum of the Problem --- p.26 / Chapter 3 --- Dirichlet Problem : Existence Theory II --- p.29 / Chapter 3.1 --- Mountain Pass Lemma --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2 --- Existence of Second Solution --- p.31 / Chapter 4 --- Dirichlet Problem : Non-Existence Theory --- p.36 / Chapter 4.1 --- Upper Bound of λ* in Star-Shaped Domains --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2 --- Numerical Values --- p.41 / Chapter 5 --- The Neumann Problem --- p.42 / Chapter 5.1 --- Existence Theory I --- p.43 / Chapter 5.2 --- Existence Theory II --- p.47 / Chapter 6 --- The Schwarz Symmetrization --- p.49 / Chapter 6.1 --- Definitions and Basic Properties --- p.49 / Chapter 6.2 --- Inequalities Related to Symmetrization --- p.58 / Chapter 6.3 --- An Application to P.D.E --- p.63 / Bibliography --- p.68

Discontinuous Galerkin methods form a class of numerical methods to find a solution of partial differential equations by combining features of finite element and finite volume methods. Methods are defined using a weak form of a particular model problem, allowing for discontinuities in the discrete trial and test spaces. Using a discontinuous discrete space mesh provides proper flexibility and a compact discretisation pattern, allowing a multidomain and multiphysics simulation. Discontinuous Galerkin methods with a higher approximation polynomial order, the socalled p-version, performs better in terms of convergence rate, compared with the low order h-version with smaller element sizes and bigger mesh. However, the condition number of the Galerkin system grows subsequently. This causes surge in the amount of required storage, computational complexity and in the time required for computation. We use the following three approaches to keep the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages. The first approach will be a specific choice of basis functions which we call C1 polynomials. These ensure that the majority of integrals over the edge of the mesh elements disappears. This reduces the total number of non-zero elements in the resulting system. This decreases the computational complexity without loss in precision. This approach does not affect the number of iterations required by chosen Conjugate Gradients method when compared to the other choice of basis functions. It actually decreases the total number of algebraic operations performed. The second approach is the introduction of suitable preconditioners. In our case, the Additive two-layer Schwarz method, developed in [4], for the iterative Conjugate Gradients method is considered. This directly affects the spectral condition number of the system matrix and decreases the number of iterations required for the computation. This approach, however, increases the total number of algebraic operations and might require more operational time. To tackle the rise in the number of algebraic operations, we introduced a modified Additive two-layer non-overlapping Schwarz method with a Multigrid process. This using a fixed low-order approximation polynomial degree on a coarse grid. We show that this approach is spectrally equivalent to the first preconditioner, and requires less time for computation. The third approach is a development of an efficient mathematical framework for distributed data structure. This allows a high performance, massively parallel, implementation of the discontinuous Galerkin method. We demonstrate that it is possible to exploit properties of the system matrix and C1 polynomials as basis functions to optimize the parallel structures. The previously mentioned parallel data structure allows us to parallelize at the same time both the matrix-vector multiplication routines for the Conjugate Gradients method, as well as the preconditioner routines on the solver level. This minimizes the transfer ratio amongst the distributed system. Finally, we combined all three approaches and created a framework, which allowed us to successfully implement all of the above.