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• #### Solitons and dualities in 2+1 dimensions ﻿

We examine three topics in the physics of three-dimensional systems, paying particular attention to the roles of topological field theory, topological solitons, and duality. First, we consider the dynamics of nonrelativistic ...
• #### A cross-scale model for the evolution of influenza within a single season ﻿

In this thesis we develop a mathematical cross-scale model for the evolution of influenza within a single season. We model evolution as the emergence and spread of a mutant strain in a population that is already invaded ...
• #### Iterative Techniques for Radial Basis Function Interpolation ﻿

(2000-11-21)
The problem of interpolating functions comes up naturally in many areas of applied mathematics and natural sciences. Radial basis function methods provide an interpolant to values of a real function of $\textit{d}$ variables ...
• #### Robust Estimation Techniques for the Cosmological Analysis of Large Scale Structure ﻿

The ΛCDM model of cosmology together with Inflation has had tremendous success over the past 30 years in explaining the increasingly rich data sets of the cosmic microwave background and large-scale structure. The next ...