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Symmetric Representations Of Finite Groups And Related Topics, Connie Corona

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

In this thesis, we have presented our discovery of original symmetric presentations of a number of non-abelian simple groups, including several sporatic groups, linear groups, and classical groups.

We have constructed, using our technique of double coset enumeration, J2, M₁₂, J₁, PSU(3, 3):2, M₁₁, A₁₀, S(4,3), M₂₂:2, PSL(3, 4), S₆, 2:S₅, 2:PSL(3, 4) as homomorphic images of the involutory progenitors 2^*32:(2⁵:A₅), 2^*110: PSL(2, 11), 2^*5:A₅, 3^*4:D₈, 2^*110:PSL(2, 11), …

Integration Of Blockchain Technology Into Automobiles To Prevent And Study The Causes Of Accidents, John Kim

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Automobile collisions occur daily. We now live in an information-driven world, one where technology is quickly evolving. Blockchain technology can change the automotive industry, the safety of the motoring public and its surrounding environment by incorporating this vast array of information. It can place safety and efficiency at the forefront to pedestrians, public establishments, and provide public agencies with pertinent information securely and efficiently. Other industries where Blockchain technology has been effective in are as follows: supply chain management, logistics, and banking. This paper reviews some statistical information regarding automobile collisions, Blockchain technology, Smart Contracts, Smart Cities; assesses the feasibility …

Beginning The Information Security Journey For Small And Medium Enterprises Through Business Continuity Planning And Infrastructure Automation, Aaron Chamberlain

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Technology has become an essential component of enterprises, driving productivity, innovation, and defining entire processes and product categories. However, these advances come with additional risk; the devices that drive an enterprise can fail at any time or be attacked by malicious actors. Larger enterprises have learned to deal with these risks, but small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) have been largely left behind. This project sought to investigate the cybersecurity-related problems SMEs experience and what SMEs can do to solve them. In addition, the project examines the types of information security incidents that occur within SMEs and their financial preparedness for …

A Study In Applications Of Continued Fractions, Karen Lynn Parrish

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

This is an expository study of continued fractions collecting ideas from several different sources including textbooks and journal articles. This study focuses on several applications of continued fractions from a variety of levels and fields of mathematics. Studies begin with looking at a number of properties that pertain to continued fractions and then move on to show how applications of continued fractions is relevant to high school level mathematics including approximating irrational numbers and developing new ideas for understanding and solving quadratics equations. Focus then continues to more advanced applications such as those used in the studies of number theory …

Measure And Integration, Jeonghwan Lee

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Measure and Integral are important when dealing with abstract spaces such as function spaces and probability spaces. This thesis will cover Lebesgue Measure and Lebesgue integral. The Lebesgue integral is a generalized theory of Riemann integral learned in mathematics. The Riemann integral is centered on the domain of the function, but the Lebesgue integral is different in that it is centered on the range of the function, and uses the basic concept of analysis. Measure and integral have widely applied not only to mathematics but also to other fields.

Integration Of Internet Of Things And Health Recommender Systems, Moonkyung Yang

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become a part of our lives and has provided many enhancements to day-to-day living. In this project, IoT in healthcare is reviewed. IoT-based healthcare is utilized in remote health monitoring, observing chronic diseases, individual fitness programs, helping the elderly, and many other healthcare fields. There are three main architectures of smart IoT healthcare: Three-Layer Architecture, Service-Oriented Based Architecture (SoA), and The Middleware-Based IoT Architecture. Depending on the required services, different IoT architecture are being used. In addition, IoT healthcare services, IoT healthcare service enablers, IoT healthcare applications, and IoT healthcare services focusing on Smartwatch …

Cybersecurity: Creating A Cybersecurity Culture, Steven Edward Ogden

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Human error has been identified as one of the highest contributing factors to successful cyber-attacks and security incidents that result in data leaks and theft of sensitive information. Human error has been caused by employees not behaving securely when interacting with information systems. This culminating experience project investigated how a cybersecurity culture can be developed to address the human error problem. The research was based on several key questions that focus on influencing factors of human behavior and best practices that have been used to develop a cybersecurity culture so that employees engage in secure behaviors. Social Cognitive Theory was …

Laboratory Investigation Of Cyanide Evolution During Reaction Between Hypochlorous Acid And Glycine, Luz Chavez

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Fresh water treatment and conservation is of great importance in a society with a growing population. Ensuring water safety is a crucial task for water treatment plants. Advances in science and technology have allowed for the testing and study of potentially harmful side substances produced by water sanitation methods, one of those substances is cyanide (-CN). Previous research correlated a significant increase of cyanide levels in effluent water sanitized with a chlorination method. Research has also proposed a mechanism for the formation of cyanogen chloride (CNCl) from reactions with amino acids during the chlorination process. Flow injection analysis was chosen …

Reconstructing 1856-7 California Mining Patterns From Placer Gold Recovered From The Wreck Of The Ss Central America, Kathryn Ruth Vonsydow

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The discovery of the SS Central America 1857 shipwreck site provides a time capsule that can be used to address questions about the spatial and temporal patterns of placer mining in California during the peak of the gold rush. Samples of placer gold in the collections of museums and private individuals can have uncertain pedigree due to labeling issues and alterations by cleaning and curatorial processes. However, placer gold from the 1857 shipwreck could only have come from the Mother Lode Country of California, as no other gold districts had yet been found in western North America. I compared the …

Desktop Application For The Puzzle Board Game “Rush Hour”, Huanqing Nong

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

Rush Hour is a sliding block puzzle board game. This game comes with a board of 6 x 6 grid simulating a parking lot with an exit at the right end of the third row and some vehicle models of size 1 x 2 or 1 x 3 which can slide along the grooves of the grid forward or backward. The goal of the game is to clear the path by moving the vehicles on the board in a certain way for the target car, which lies on the third row of the grid, to merge out the “parking lot” …

Matroids Determinable By Two Partial Representations, Aurora Calderon Dojaquez

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

A matroid is a mathematical object that generalizes and connects notions of independence that arise in various branches of mathematics. Some matroids can be represented by a matrix whose entries are from some field; whereas, other matroids cannot be represented in this way. However, every matroid can be partially represented by a matrix over the field GF(2). In fact, for a given matroid, many different partial representations may exist, each providing a different collection of information about the matroid with which they are associated. Such a partial representation of a matroid usually does not uniquely determine the matroid on its …

Partial Representations For Ternary Matroids, Ebony Perez

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

In combinatorics, a matroid is a discrete object that generalizes various notions of dependence that arise throughout mathematics. All of the information about some matroids can be encoded (or represented) by a matrix whose entries come from a particular field, while other matroids cannot be represented in this way. However, for any matroid, there exists a matrix, called a partial representation of the matroid, that encodes some of the information about the matroid. In fact, a given matroid usually has many different partial representations, each providing different pieces of information about the matroid. In this thesis, we investigate when a …

Non-Abelian Finite Simple Groups As Homomorphic Images, Sandra Bahena

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The purpose of exploring infinite groups in this thesis was to discover homomorphic images of non-abelian finite simple groups. These infinite groups are semi-direct products known as progenitors. The permutation progenitors studied were: 2^*8 ∶ 2^{2 ∙} A₄, 2^*10 ∶ D₂₀, 2^*4 ∶ C₄, 2^*7 ∶ (7 ∶ 6), 3^*3 ∶ S₃, 2^*15 ∶ ((5 × 3) ∶ 2), and 2^*20 ∶ A₅. When we factored said progenitors by an appropriate number of relations, we produced several original symmetric presentations and constructions …

Epa Applications To Identify Headwater Watershed Changes And Best Management Practices In The San Bernardino National Forest, Sandra Ukaru

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The human-environmental landscape influences water quality across highly variable spatiotemporal scales. One such example is the human-environmental landscape in California, which has changed dramatically over the past several decades leading to a multitude of environmental issues including the reduction and impairment of water resources. This study compares surface water quality at four headwater streams in the San Bernardino National Forests using multiple assessment tools including in situ data, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPAs) Model My Watershed Tool and multiple databases within a GIS framework. These collective efforts enabled headwater watershed landscape changes and the extent of impacts to soil erosion …

Privacy Is Infringed In Plain Sight And How To Dissapear, Zachary Taylor

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

This culminating project explored how Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft infringe on their user's information privacy. Focus was on tools and techniques one can use to strengthen their information privacy. Privacy or information privacy was defined as the right to have some control over how your personal information is collected and used. This project will also introduce a verity of open-source tools and techniques that would help the unsuspected user to maintain their privacy.The questions asked were: what are some common techniques that Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google, or Microsoft use to gain personal information?, At what cost would it …

Symmetric Presentation Of Finite Groups, And Related Topics, Marina Michelle Duchesne

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

We have discovered original symmetric presentations for several finite groups, including 2²:^.(2⁴:(2^.S₃)), M₁₁, 3:(PSL(3,3):2), S₈, and 2^.M₁₂. We have found homomorphic images of several progenitors, including 2^*18:((6x2):6), 2^*24:(2^.S₄), 2^*105:A₇, 3^*3:_m(2³:3), 7^*8:_m(PSL(2,7):2), 3^*4:_m(4²:2²), 7^*5:(2xA₅), and 5^*6:_mS₅. We have provided the isomorphism type of …