Date of Award
1995
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Department
Mathematics
First Advisor
Patrick Gilmer
Abstract
Hilbert in his sixteenth problem asks us to study the topology of real algebraic varieties. There are many equalities, inequalities, and congruences associated to a real algebraic curve. Extremal properties have been derived for many of the inequalities. In 1980, V. A. Rokhlin derived two inequalities associated to a real algebraic curve. In this dissertation we use methods developed by P. Gilmer to rederive Rokhlin's inequalities. Using these methods we then derive an extremal property for one of the inequalities. Although this extremal property was not studied by Rokhlin, we also show that Rokhlin's ideas can be utilized to prove the extremal property.
Recommended Citation
Paris, Stephen Patrick, "Link Theory: Applications to Real Algebraic Curves." (1995). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 5976.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/5976
Pages
77
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_disstheses.5976