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A Toolkit For The Construction And Understanding Of 3-Manifolds, Lee R. Lambert
A Toolkit For The Construction And Understanding Of 3-Manifolds, Lee R. Lambert
Theses and Dissertations
Since our world is experienced locally in three-dimensional space, students of mathematics struggle to visualize and understand objects which do not fit into three-dimensional space. 3-manifolds are locally three-dimensional, but do not fit into 3-dimensional space and can be very complicated. Twist and bitwist are simple constructions that provide an easy path to both creating and understanding closed, orientable 3-manifolds. By starting with simple face pairings on a 3-ball, a myriad of 3-manifolds can be easily constructed. In fact, all closed, connected, orientable 3-manifolds can be developed in this manner. We call this work a tool kit to emphasize the …
The Minimum Rank, Inverse Inertia, And Inverse Eigenvalue Problems For Graphs, Mark Condie Kempton
The Minimum Rank, Inverse Inertia, And Inverse Eigenvalue Problems For Graphs, Mark Condie Kempton
Theses and Dissertations
For a graph G we define S(G) to be the set of all real symmetric n by n matrices whose off-diagonal zero/nonzero pattern is described by G. We show how to compute the minimum rank of all matrices in S(G) for a class of graphs called outerplanar graphs. In addition, we obtain results on the possible eigenvalues and possible inertias of matrices in S(G) for certain classes of graph G. We also obtain results concerning the relationship between two graph parameters, the zero forcing number and the path cover number, related to the minimum rank problem.
Wild Low-Dimensional Topology And Dynamics, Mark H. Meilstrup
Wild Low-Dimensional Topology And Dynamics, Mark H. Meilstrup
Theses and Dissertations
In this dissertation we discuss various results for spaces that are wild, i.e. not locally simply connected. We first discuss periodic properties of maps from a given space to itself, similar to Sharkovskii's Theorem for interval maps. We study many non-locally connected spaces and show that some have periodic structure either identical or related to Sharkovskii's result, while others have essentially no restrictions on the periodic structure. We next consider embeddings of solenoids together with their complements in three space. We differentiate solenoid complements via both algebraic and geometric means, and show that every solenoid has an unknotted embedding …
A Lift Of Cohomology Eigenclasses Of Hecke Operators, Brian Francis Hansen
A Lift Of Cohomology Eigenclasses Of Hecke Operators, Brian Francis Hansen
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A considerable amount of evidence has shown that for every prime p &neq; N observed, a simultaneous eigenvector v_0 of Hecke operators T(l,i), i=1,2, in H^3(Γ_0(N),F(0,0,0)) has a “lift” v in H^3(Γ_0(N),F(p−1,0,0)) — i.e., a simultaneous eigenvector v of Hecke operators having the same system of eigenvalues that v_0 has. For each prime p>3 and N=11 and 17, we construct a vector v that is in the cohomology group H^3(Γ_0(N),F(p−1,0,0)). This is the first construction of an element of infinitely many different cohomology groups, other than modulo p reductions of characteristic zero objects. We proceed to show that v …
Applications Of Descriptive Set Theory In Homotopy Theory, Samuel M. Corson
Applications Of Descriptive Set Theory In Homotopy Theory, Samuel M. Corson
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This thesis presents new theorems in homotopy theory, in particular it generalizes a theorem of Saharon Shelah. We employ a technique used by Janusz Pawlikowski to show that certain Peano continua have a least nontrivial homotopy group that is finitely presented or of cardinality continuum. We also use this technique to give some relative consistency results.
Planar Cat(K) Subspaces, Russell M. Ricks
Planar Cat(K) Subspaces, Russell M. Ricks
Theses and Dissertations
Let M_k^2 be the complete, simply connected, Riemannian 2-manifold of constant curvature k ± 0. Let E be a closed, simply connected subspace of M_k^2 with the property that every two points in E are connected by a rectifi able path in E. We show that E is CAT(k) under the induced path metric.
Asian Spread Option Pricing Models And Computation, Sijin Chen
Asian Spread Option Pricing Models And Computation, Sijin Chen
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In the commodity and energy markets, there are two kinds of risk that traders and analysts are concerned a lot about: multiple underlying risk and average price risk. Spread options, swaps and swaptions are widely used to hedge multiple underlying risks and Asian (average price) options can deal with average price risk. But when those two risks are combined together, then we need to consider Asian spread options and Asian-European spread options for hedging purposes. For an Asian or Asian-European spread call option, its payoff depends on the difference of two underlyings' average price or of one average price and …