Edinburgh Research Archive

• Properties and advances of probabilistic and statistical algorithms with applications in finance 

  Smith, Greig (The University of Edinburgh, 2019-07-01)

  This thesis is concerned with the construction and enhancement of algorithms involving probability and statistics. The main motivation for these are problems that appear in finance and more generally in applied science. ...

• Automated theory formation in pure mathematics 

  Colton, Simon (The University of Edinburgh, 2001)

  The automation of specific mathematical tasks such as theorem proving and algebraic manipulation have been much researched. However, there have only been a few isolated attempts to automate the whole theory formation ...

• The development of statistical theory in Britain, 1865-1925: a historical and sociological perspective 

  MacKenzie, Donald (The University of Edinburgh, 1978)

  This thesis discusses the development of statistical theory in Britain in the period 1865 to 1925, and attempts to account for this development as an institutional and an intellectual phenomenon. Close connections are ...

• Analytical properties of certain probability distributions 

  Kibble, W. F. (The University of Edinburgh, 1938)

  This research has been carried out on Dr Aitken's suggestion. The first chapter is largely a recapitulation of known results which I have learnt from Dr Aitken, here arranged for convenience of reference later in the thesis.

• Allied subsets of topological groups and linear spaces 

  Jameson, Graham James Oscar (The University of Edinburgh, 1967)

  1, Basic theory, 4 || 2. Allied sets in linear spaces, 17 || 3. Cauchy nets and completeness, 29 || 4, Subgroups and subspaces. 39 || 5. Locally compact subsets of topological linear spaces. 46 || 6. ...

• Contributions to the theory of groups 

  Rose, John S. (The University of Edinburgh, 1975)

  A 1. The influence on a finite group of its proper abnormal structure. J. London Math. Soc. 40 (1965). 348-61; MR30#4838. • B 2. Abnormal depth and hypereccentric length in finite soluble groups, Math. Z. 90 (1965). ...

• The basic theorems of analysis of variance with special reference to field experiments 

  Rayner, A. A. (The University of Edinburgh, 1947)

  The statistical procedure of analysis of variance was invented by R.A. Fisher during his stay as statistician at Rothamsted Experimental Station. His first, more or less tentative, discussion of the theory was set forth ...

• Fano threefolds and algebraic families of surfaces of Kodaira dimension zero 

  Karzhemanov, Ilya (The University of Edinburgh, 2010-11-24)

  The thesis consists of four chapters. First chapter is introductory. In Chapter 2, we recall some basic facts from the singularity theory of algebraic varieties (see Section 2.2) and the theory of minimal models (see ...

• Inertia-gravity wave generation: a WKB approach 

  Aspden, Jonathan Maclean (The University of Edinburgh, 2011-06-28)

  The dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean are dominated by slowly evolving, large-scale motions. However, fast, small-scale motions in the form of inertia-gravity waves are ubiquitous. These waves are of great importance ...

• Moduli of bundles on local surfaces and threefolds 

  Koeppe, Thomas (The University of Edinburgh, 2010-11-24)

  In this thesis we study the moduli of holomorphic vector bundles over a non-compact complex space X, which will mainly be of dimension 2 or 3 and which contains a distinguished rational curve ℓ ⊂ X. We will consider the ...

• Parabolic boundary value problems with rough coefficients 

  Dyer, Luke Oliver (The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-29)

  This thesis is motivated by some of the recent results of the solvability of elliptic PDE in Lipschitz domains and the relationships between the solvability of different boundary value problems. The parabolic setting has ...

• Crepant resolution conjecture for Donaldson-Thomas invariants via wall-crossing 

  Beentjes, Sjoerd Viktor (The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-29)

  Let Y be a smooth complex projective Calabi{Yau threefold. Donaldson-Thomas invariants [Tho00] are integer invariants that virtually enumerate curves on Y. They are organised in a generating series DT(Y) that is interesting ...

• Well-posedness of the one-dimensional derivative nonlinear Schrödinger equation 

  Moşincat, Răzvan Octavian (The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-29)

  This thesis is concerned with the well-posedness of the one-dimensional derivative non-linear Schrodinger equation (DNLS). In particular, we study the initial-value problem associated to DNLS with low-regularity initial ...

• Many server queueing models with heterogeneous servers and parameter uncertainty with customer contact centre applications 

  Qin, Wenyi (The University of Edinburgh, 2018-11-29)

  In this thesis, we study the queueing systems with heterogeneous servers and service rate uncertainty under the Halfin-Whitt heavy traffic regime. First, we analyse many server queues with abandonments when service rates ...

• Mathieu functions 

  Dhar, S. C. (The University of Edinburgh, 1936)

  This thesis is divided into two parts. In the first part, I have studied the properties of certain functions of the confluent hypergeometric types, viz. Functions of Mathieu, Whittaker, Weber and Bateman. The development ...

• On the theory of matrices with elements in the Clebsch Aronhold symbolic calculus 

  Livingstone, Donald (The University of Edinburgh, 1949)

  In the theory of invariant matrices and in the classical invariant theory there arise a considerable number of rather surprising isonorphisms relating to symmetric functions of the latent roots and to the theory of ...

• Invariant theory of the differential geometry of contact transformations 

  Lee, Hwa-Chung (The University of Edinburgh, 1937)

  Corresponding to the group of all analytic transformations there is a differential geometry of what is called the affinely connected space, which is a generalization of the ordinary affine geometry in the sense of Klein. ...

• Some mathematical problems to the factorial analysis of human ability 

  Ledermann, Walter (The University of Edinburgh, 1940)

  1st Paper (1936): "Some Mathematical Remarks concerning Boundary Conditions in the Factorial Analysis of Ability" (Psychometrika, vol. 1, 165 -174) || 2nd Paper (1937): "On an Upper Limit for the Latent Roots of a ...

• On the test of a hypothesis concerning two independent frequency distributions 

  Lal, Dip N. (The University of Edinburgh, 1948)

  One of the chief uses of statistical analysis of given samples, which are of course assumed to be representative in the statistical sense, is to draw correct inferences regarding their populations.

• Geometry of the cubic surfaces: with special reference to the 27 straight lines on the surface 

  Grieve, A.B. (The University of Edinburgh, 1913)

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