Mathematics Theses and Dissertations

 

This collection contains some of the theses and dissertations produced by students in the University of Oregon Mathematics Graduate Program. Paper copies of these and other dissertations and theses are available through the UO Libraries.

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  • Casebolt, Ross (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)
    Let $C_l$ denote the cyclic group of prime order $l$ and let $k$ be a field. We define a Mackey $\underline{k}$-algebra $\underline{k}[x_\theta]$ which is constructed by adjoining a free commutative variable to the free ...
  • Hunter, Nathan (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)
    We explore generalized Mahler measures associated to regions in the complex plane. These generalized Mahler measures describe the complexity of polynomials in C[x] by comparing the geometry of their roots to subsets of C. ...
  • Aycock, Jon (University of Oregon, 2022-10-26)
    We construct differential operators acting on overconvergent Hilbert modular forms. This extends work of Katz in the case of p-adic Hilbert modular forms, and of Harron--Xiao and Liu for overconvergent Siegel modular forms. ...
  • Potter, Jake (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    We define a useful diagram for studying fixed-point-free involution words. Following the example of Little, we define a specific and a general bumping algorithm on these diagrams. These algorithms serve as the basis for ...
  • Hunter, Dana (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    We study stable homotopy through unstable methods applied to its representing infinite loop space, as pioneered by Curtis and Wellington. Using cohomology instead of homology, we find a width filtration whose subquotients ...
  • Zhang, Wei (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    In this thesis, we study $A_\infty$-structures arising from derived categories of certain algebraic curves. More precisely, we consider pairs $(\mathcal{O}_C,\mathcal{O}_D)$, where $C$ is an irreducible projective curve ...
  • Bellah, Elisa (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    Diophantine analysis is an area of number theory concerned with finding integral solutions to polynomial equations defined over the rationals, or more generally over a number field. In some cases, it is possible to associate ...
  • Bodish, Elijah (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    We study the diagrammatic representation theory of the group $Sp_4$ and the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{sp}_4)$, expanding on the previous results of Kuperberg about type $B_2= C_2$ webs. In particular, we construct a ...
  • Pohland, Kelly (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    Let $p$ be an odd prime, and let $C_p$ denote the cyclic group of order $p$. We use equivariant surgery methods to classify all closed, connected $2$-manifolds with an action of $C_p$. We then use this classification in ...
  • Wolff, Elisha (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    We use techniques in the shuffle and exterior algebras to present the partition functions for several log-gas models in terms of either the Hyperpfaffian or the Berezin integral of an appropriate alternating tensor. Our ...
  • Weinschelbaum, Ilan (University of Oregon, 2022-10-04)
    In this dissertation we examine generalized Schur algebras, as defined by Kleshchev and Muth. Given a quasi-hereditary superalgebra $A$, Kleshchev and Muth proved that for $n \geq d$, the generalized Schur algebra $T^A ...
  • Webb, Gautam (University of Oregon, 2021-11-23)
    We resolve an open conjecture from algebraic geometry, which states that two generating functions for plane partition-like objects (the "box-counting" formulae for the Calabi-Yau topological vertices in Donaldson-Thomas ...
  • Webster, Joe (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
    This thesis is based on the article [16], which studies the integral? ? ?a? ?b? s ρ(x1,...,xN) max|xi −xj| min|xi −xj| |xi −xj| ij dx1 ...dxN KN i<j i<j i<j where K is an arbitrary p-field, ρ is a well-behaved function ...
  • Hothem, Daniel (University of Oregon, 2021-09-13)
    In this paper, we extend Manin and Schechtman's higher Bruhat orders for the symmetric group to higher Bruhat orders for non-longest words w in the symmetric group. We prove that the higher Bruhat orders of non-longest ...
  • Montes de Oca, Gabriel (University of Oregon, 2020-12-08)
    Plamenevskaya defined an invariant of transverse links as a distinguished class in the even Khovanov homology of a link. We define an analog of Plamenevskaya’s invariant in the odd Khovanov homology of Ozsváth, Rasmussen, ...
  • Dethier, Christophe (University of Oregon, 2020-12-08)
    In this manuscript we study the family of diagonalizable forms, a special family of integral binary forms. We begin with a summary of definitions and known results relevant to binary forms, diagonalizable forms, Thue ...
  • Herstedt, Paul (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)
    We outline a particular type of zero-dimensional system (which we call "fiberwise essentially minimal"), which, together with the condition of all points being aperiodic, guarantee that the associated crossed product ...
  • Buursma, Doeke (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)
    We give an explicit description of the category of Yoneda extensions of standard modules over KLR algebras for two special cases in Lie type A. In these two special cases, the A-infinity category structure of the Yoneda ...
  • Jenne, Helen (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)
    We prove that the partition function for tripartite double-dimer configurations of a planar bipartite graph satisfies a recurrence related to the Desnanot-Jacobi identity from linear algebra. A similar identity for the ...
  • Takahashi, Ryan (University of Oregon, 2020-09-24)
    We study a certain sequence of moduli spaces of stable sheaves on a K3 surface of Picard rank 1 over $\mathbb{C}$. We prove that this sequence can be given the structure of a geometric categorical $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ action, ...

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