We consider a homological expansion of the mapping class group, defined by homology cylinders over a closed oriented surface (up to homology cobordism). These are important model objects in the recent Goussarov-Habiro theory of finite-type invariants of 3-manifolds. We study the structure of this group from several directions: the relative weight filtration of Dennis Johnson, the finite-type fi...

ANTONIO ALARC´ON ABSTRACT. In this paper we construct complete minimal surfaces with boundary in R 3 of arbitrary finite topology. For any arbitrary finite topological type we find a compact Riemann surface M, an open domain M ⊂ M with the fixed topological type, and a conformal complete minimal immersion X : M → R 3 which can be extended to a continuous map X : M → R 3 , such that X |∂M is an ...

In this paper we first study the moduli spaces related to Calabi-Yau manifolds. We then apply the results to the following problem. Let C be a fixed Riemann surface with fixed finite number of points on it. Given a CY manifold with fixed topological type, we consider the set of all families of CY manifolds of the fixed topological type over C with degenerate fibres over the fixed points up to i...

tooth/implant supported fixed prostheses may present biomechanical design problems, as the implant is rigidly anchored within the alveolus, whereas the tooth is attached by the periodontal ligament to the bone allowing movement. many clinicians prefer tooth/implant supported fixed prosthesis designs with rigid connectors. however, there are some doubts about the effect of attachment placement i...

the impact resistance of new lightweight panel is studied. this panel consists of two thin metal layers bonded together by intermediate fiber/epoxy layers (mcm-sheets). to simulate a behavior of this kind of impact problem, explicit and implicit finite element software abaqus is used. in order to validate the finite element modeling, these results have been compared with experimental test resul...