44,858 research outputs found
Homotheties and topology of tangent sphere bundles
We prove a Theorem on homotheties between two given tangent sphere bundles
of a Riemannian manifold of , assuming different
variable radius functions and weighted Sasaki metrics induced by the
conformal class of . New examples are shown of manifolds with constant
positive or with constant negative scalar curvature, which are not Einstein.
Recalling results on the associated almost complex structure and
symplectic structure on the manifold , generalizing the
well-known structure of Sasaki by admitting weights and connections with
torsion, we compute the Chern and the Stiefel-Whitney characteristic classes of
the manifolds and .Comment: 15 pages, to appear in Journal of Geometr
Natural SU(2)-structures on tangent sphere bundles
We define and study natural -structures, in the sense of
Conti-Salamon, on the total space of the tangent sphere bundle of any
given oriented Riemannian 3-manifold . We recur to a fundamental exterior
differential system of Riemannian geometry. Essentially, two types of
structures arise: the contact-hypo and the non-contact and, for each, we study
the conditions for being hypo, nearly-hypo or double-hypo. We discover new
double-hypo structures on , of which the well-known
Sasaki-Einstein are a particular case. Hyperbolic geometry examples also
appear. In the search of the associated metrics, we find a theorem, useful for
explicitly determining the metric, which applies to all
-structures in general. Within our application to tangent
sphere bundles, we discover a whole new class of metrics specific to
3d-geometry. The evolution equations of Conti-Salamon are considered; leading
to a new integrable -structure on
associated to any flat .Comment: 27 pages, 1 figure, final version, accepted in The Asian Journal of
Mathematic
Self-duality and associated parallel or cocalibrated structures
We find a remarkable family of structures defined on certain
principal -bundles associated with any
given oriented Riemannian 4-manifold . Such structures are always
cocalibrated. The study starts with a recast of the Singer-Thorpe equations of
4-dimensional geometry. These are applied to the Bryant-Salamon cons\-truction
of complete -holonomy metrics on the vector bundle of self- or
anti-self-dual 2-forms on . We then discover new examples of that special
holonomy on disk bundles over and ,
respectively, the real and complex hyperbolic space. Only in the end we present
the new structures on principal bundles.Comment: 20 pages; final version, to appear in Annales Academi{\ae}
Scientiarum Fennic{\ae
“Flower of Aristolochia gigas var. sturtevantii used as a hat by a native of British Guiana” – a photograph from Everard im Thurn at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, holds a small but valuable and unstudied collection of photographs by Everard im Thurn (1852–1932) who contributed to botany, with specimens and publications, and to anthropology, publishing works that highlight his interest in photography.FCT (SFRH/BD/45965/2008, Portugal) e AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council, U
Variations of gwistor space
We study natural variations of the G2 structure {\sigma}_0 \in {\Lambda}^3_+
existing on the unit tangent sphere bundle SM of any oriented Riemannian
4-manifold M. We find a circle of structures for which the induced metric is
the usual one, the so-called Sasaki metric, and prove how the original
structure has a preferred role in the theory. We deduce the equations of
calibration and cocalibration, as well as those of W3 pure type and
nearly-parallel type.Comment: 16 page
Weighted metrics on tangent sphere bundles
Natural metric structures on the tangent bundle and tangent sphere bundles
of a Riemannian manifold with radius function enclose many
important unsolved problems. Admitting metric connections on with torsion,
we deduce the equations of induced metric connections on those bundles. Then
the equations of reducibility of to the almost Hermitian category. Our
purpose is the study of the natural contact structure on and the
-twistor space of any oriented Riemannian 4-manifold.Comment: Accepted and about to appear in Quarterly Journal of Mathematics. 16
pages. This was the final draft submitted, before print proof
A fundamental differential system of Riemannian geometry
We discover a fundamental exterior differential system of Riemannian
geometry; indeed, an intrinsic and invariant global system of differential
forms of degree associated to any given oriented Riemannian manifold of
dimension . The framework is that of the tangent sphere bundle of . We
generalise to a Riemannian setting some results from the theory of
hypersurfaces in flat Euclidean space. We give new applications and examples of
the associated Euler-Lagrange differential systems.Comment: Final version, very close to the one published; 32 p
Educational Technologies. Analysis of Master dissertations carried out in Portugal
Acknowledging the importance scientific research may have in terms of the foundation, orientation and evaluation of the use of technologies in an educational context, it is only natural that there should also be greater knowledge on the research carried out in this particular field. This is what we set out to achieve in a recent conference held in Portugal on the theme Research in Education (1).
Using the theme of the conference itself – Research in Education between 1960 and 2005 – as our basis, we decided to focus on what has actually been the object of research in our country within the framework of Educational Technology.
We realised, at a very early stage, that there were hardly any studies in this field before Portuguese universities took on a more active role, nor in the field of educational technologies, particularly after the appearance of the first Masters courses at the University of Minho in 1987. Even though we are not aware of any in-depth study to characterise scientific research developed in Portugal in this area, several Portuguese authors have referred to this issue in some way or another (Abrantes, 1981, 1998; Blanco & Silva, 1993; Caldas, 2001; Fernandes, 1969;Ponte, 1994; Silva, 2000).
On the other hand, since we have stated that a considerable part of research, in this particular field, focuses precisely on this academic qualification, we have decided to construct our analysis around this aspect. Therefore, in this article we present the result of the studies on Masters dissertations carried out in Portugal, with a view to furthering understanding of the studied themes, their theoretical and methodological frameworks, and to finding out where they are carried out, who does the research, what the collection techniques are and the type of data analysis used, just to mention some of the aspects around which our analysis is centred.
This is an exploratory analysis within a restricted context, however, we hope that it may contribute to the acquisition of more profound knowledge regarding research practices in this specific field of Educational Sciences in Portugal
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