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This dissertation develops and evaluates a computationally efficient and high-order numerical method to compute wave reflection and transmission from moving material boundaries. We use a discontinuous Galerkin spectral element...
This dissertation investigates two types of subgroups in the mapping class group of an orientable surface. The first type of subgroups are isomorphic images of Artin groups. The second type of subgroups is one which is generated by three...
Characteristic Classes and Local Invariants of Determinantal Varieties and a Formula for Equivariant Chern-Schwartz-MacPherson Classes of Hypersurfaces
Determinantal varieties parametrize spaces of matrices of given ranks. The main results of this dissertation are computations of intersection-theoretic invariants of determinantal varieties. We focus on the Chern-Mather and Chern...
The sense of taste guides nutrient consumption and affects overall health and quality of life. One of the main functions of taste is the detection of chemical stimuli that elicit the perception of canonical qualities such as sweet, salty...
This dissertation studies a graphical processing unit (GPU) construction of Bayesian neural networks (BNNs) using large training data sets. The goal is to create a program for the mapping of phenomenological Minimal Supersymmetric...
We show that path components of central extensions of a simplicial group $G$ by a simplicial abelian group $A$ are in bijection with the homotopy classes of maps between classifying spaces $[\overline{W}G, \overline{W}^2A]$. Generalizing...
The superfluid phase of helium-4, known as He~II, is predominantly used to cool low-temperature devices. It transfers heat by a unique thermally driven counterflow of its two constituents, a classical normal fluid and an inviscid...
Butterflies are an algebraic model of the morphisms of the homotopy category of crossed modules and were originally introduced by Behrang Noohi. Crossed complexes are algebraic structures which generalize crossed modules. The following...
The neurophysiological foundation and anatomical basis of circuits necessary for adult behaviors are established early in development. Numerous perinatal and postnatal variables affect circuit trajectory during developmental sensitive...
Animals must eat to attain essential nutrients and energy for survival. Diet -- the types and quantities of food consumed -- is clearly tied to the overall health of humans and other animals. So, too, is the way in which those foods are...
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