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PLURIPOTENTIAL THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVEX BODIES AND RELATED NUMERICSPLURIPOTENTIAL THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVEX BODIES AND RELATED NUMERICS

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dc.creator Hussung, Steven R.
dc.date 2020-09-10T15:25:39Z
dc.date 2020-09-10T15:25:39Z
dc.date 2020-07
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-24T18:26:21Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-24T18:26:21Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/2022/25808
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/260270
dc.description Thesis (Ph.D.) - Indiana University, University Graduate School/Mathematics, 2020
dc.description We explore aspects of pluripotential theory generalized to the convex body associated case. We focus on theoretical justifications of numerical approximations to important objects and quantities. We implement some of these constructions using the Python programming language. Pluripotential theory is a branch of the study of several complex variables expanding univariate potential theory. Many of the foundational proofs rely on the precise lexicographical ordering of the monomials and the standard notion of degree. However, it has recently been shown that different orderings have value in polynomial approximation [Tre17]. This dissertation takes part in the effort to generalize pluripotential theory to the case of these novel orderings and new notions of degree, which are associated with a given convex body. We begin with a motivational section on why pluripotential theory associated with a convex body is a valuable course of study and provide the necessary background in pluripotential theory, convex body associated polynomials, and associated orderings. We prove a theorem dividing convex bodies into classes based on whether or not an “additive and nested” ordering can be constructed. Further, we showcase a counterexample with a regularization issue in the convex body case. We then discuss finite point sequences associated with a given compact set. After providing the classic definitions, we generalize numerical algorithms to generate points associated with the polynomials given by a convex body as well as showcasing a numerical implementation of these algorithms in Python 3 [VRD09]. We provide a chapter generalizing numerical approximation algorithms to the convex body associated case: these algorithms allow us to approximate several important pluripotential theoretic constructions. We discuss a related problem from optimal design theory: proving the global convergence of a measure-theoretic Silvey–Titterington–Torsney algorithm. We have implemented the algorithm in Python for some cases, and much progress has been made on the proof of convergence. Lastly, an appendix chapter is included showing that the measure-theoretic framing of the optimal design problem is valid. A second appendix chapter provides the full implementation of the algorithms to construct finite point sequences and arrays.
dc.language en
dc.publisher [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University
dc.rights This work is under a CC-BY-NC license. You are free to copy and redistribute the material in any format, as well as remix, transform, and build upon the material as long as you give appropriate credit to the original creator, provide a link to the license, and indicate any changes made. You may not use this work for commercial purpose.
dc.rights https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Mathematics
dc.subject Complex Analysis
dc.subject Several Complex Variables
dc.subject Numerical Analysis
dc.subject Polynomial Interpolation
dc.title PLURIPOTENTIAL THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVEX BODIES AND RELATED NUMERICSPLURIPOTENTIAL THEORY ASSOCIATED WITH CONVEX BODIES AND RELATED NUMERICS
dc.type Doctoral Dissertation


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