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2018

Mathematics

University of Central Florida

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Analytical And Numerical Investigations Of The Kudryashov Generalized Kdv Equation, William Hilton Jan 2018

Analytical And Numerical Investigations Of The Kudryashov Generalized Kdv Equation, William Hilton

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This thesis concerns an analytical and numerical study of the Kudryashov Generalized Korteweg-de Vries (KG KdV) equation. Using a refined perturbation expansion of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam (FPU) equations of motion, the KG KdV equation, which arises at sixth order, and general higher order KdV equations are derived. Special solutions of the KG KdV equation are derived using the tanh method. A pseudospectral integrator, which can handle stiff equations, is developed for the higher order KdV equations. The numerical experiments indicate that although the higher order equations exhibit complex dynamics, they fail to reach energy equipartition on the time scale considered.


Quasi-Gorenstein Modules, Alexander York Jan 2018

Quasi-Gorenstein Modules, Alexander York

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This thesis will study the various roles that quasi-Gorenstein modules and their properties play in the study of homological dimensions and linkage of modules. To that effect we begin by studying these modules in their own right. An R-module M of grade g will be quasi-Gorenstein if ExtiR(M, R) = 0 for i 6= g and there is an isomorphism M ∼= ExtgR(M, R). Such modules have many nice properties which we will explore throughout this thesis. We will show they help extend a characterization of diagonalizable matrices over principal ideal domains to more general rings. We will use their …


Weierstrass Vertices And Divisor Theory Of Graphs, Ajani Ruwandhika Chulangi De Vas Gunasekara Jan 2018

Weierstrass Vertices And Divisor Theory Of Graphs, Ajani Ruwandhika Chulangi De Vas Gunasekara

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Chip-firing games and divisor theory on finite, connected, undirected and unweighted graphs have been studied as analogs of divisor theory on Riemann Surfaces. As part of this theory, a version of the one-dimensional Riemann-Roch theorem was introduced for graphs by Matt Baker in 2007. Properties of algebraic curves that have been studied can be applied to study graphs by means of the divisor theory of graphs. In this research, we investigate the property of a vertex of a graph having the Weierstrass property in analogy to the theory of Weierstrass points on algebraic curves. The weight of the Weierstrass vertices …


In Quest Of Bernstein Inequalities Rational Functions, Askey-Wilson Operator, And Summation Identities For Entire Functions, Rajitha Puwakgolle Gedara Jan 2018

In Quest Of Bernstein Inequalities Rational Functions, Askey-Wilson Operator, And Summation Identities For Entire Functions, Rajitha Puwakgolle Gedara

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The title of the dissertation gives an indication of the material involved with the connecting thread throughout being the classical Bernstein inequality (and its variants), which provides an estimate to the size of the derivative of a given polynomial on a prescribed set in the complex plane, relative to the size of the polynomial itself on the same set. Chapters 1 and 2 lay the foundation for the dissertation. In Chapter 1, we introduce the notations and terminology that will be used throughout. Also a brief historical recount is given on the origin of the Bernstein inequality, which dated back …