Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
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Fall 2014
Persistent Homology broadly refers to tracking the topological features of a geometric object. This study aims to use persistent homology to explore the effect of Human Biotherapy on patients suffering from Clotridium Difficile Infection. The data is presented in the form of several distance...
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Spring 2018
Today, the world witnesses a growing demand for the connectivity between systems. The connectivity can span vast distances and information can be transferred between the systems in a relatively insignificant time. This is evident in different applications, such as process facilities, remote...
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Fall 2015
Let a locally compact semitopological semigroup S have a separately con- tinuous left action on a locally compact Hausdorff X. We define a jointly continuous left action of the measure algebra M(S) on the bounded Borel measure space M(X) which is an analogue of the convolution of measure alge-...
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Spring 2017
We explore the connection between Eynard-Orantin Topological Recursion (EOTR) and the asymptotic solutions to differential equations constructed with the WKB method (named for its creators Wentzel, Kramers and Brillouin). Using the Airy spectral curve as an initial example, we propose a general...
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Fall 2021
Topological Recursion began its life as a series of recursive equations aimed at solving constraints which occur in matrix models of Quantum Field Theory. After its inception, Topological Recursion was given a more abstract formulation in terms of Quantum Airy Structures and has since been of...
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Fall 2012
This thesis is interested in the topological recursion first introduced in \cite{CEO} and generalized to algebraic curves in \cite{Eynard:2007,Eynard:2008}. A presentation of the Hermitian matrix model is given and includes a derivation of this topological recursion. The second part introduces a...
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Fall 2022
The topological recursion is a construction in algebraic geometry that takes in the data of a so-called spectral curve, $\mathcal{S}=\left(\Sigma,x,y\right)$ where $\Sigma$ is a Riemann surface and $x,y:\Sigma\to\mathbb{C}_\infty$ are meromorphic, and recursively constructs correlators which, in...
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Spring 2024
Additive Manufacturing (AM) is a transformative method in industrial manufacturing, facilitating the creation of lighter, stronger, and smarter parts and systems. Both plastic and metal AM technologies are extensively employed in various fields, including medical, automotive, and aeronautical...