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No full textIn this article, we examine how the structure of soluble groups of infinite torsion-free rank with no section isomorphic to the wreath product of two infinite cyclic groups can be analysed. As a corollary, we obtain that if a finitely generated soluble group has a defined Krull dimension and has no sections isomorphic to the wreath product of two infinite cyclic groups then it is a group of finite torsion-free rank. There are further corollaries including applications to return probabilities for random walks. The paper concludes with constructions of examples that can be compared with recent constructions of Brieussel and Zheng
Metric and probabilistic properties of metabelian groups
No full textDans la première partie, on étudie la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens de type fini. On donne une caractérisation des tels groupes avec grande probabilité de retour en des termes purement algébriques, à l’aide de la dimension de Krull. Cela nécessite, pour les groupes métabéliens, une variation d’un théorème de Kaloujnine et Krasner qui respecte cette dimension. Au passage, on obtient des bornes inférieures et supérieures sur la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens en fonction de la dimension de Krull. La seconde partie concerne les profils isopérimétriques des groupes localement compacts compactement engendrés, qu’on utilise pour caractériser l’existence d’une suite de paires de Følner. On démontre que le profil isopérimétrique augmente lorsqu’on passe au quotient, avec des constantes indépendantes de l’échelle, améliorant une théorème de Tessera. Combinant les deux, on obtient que l’existence de suites de paires de Følner passe au quotient. On montre qu’elle passe au sous-groupe fermé, généralisant un résultat correspondant d’Erschler pour les groupes de type fini. Cela permet d’obtenir une preuve plus auto-contenue du théorème principal de la première partie.La troisième partie est un travail en commun avec Kropholler dans lequel on étudie la structure des groupes résolubles de rang sans torsion infini n’ayant pas de section isomorphe à ZwrZ. On en déduit qu’en présence d’une dimension de Krull, ce type de section est la seule obstruction à la finitude du rang sans torsion.In the fist part, we study the return probability of finitely generated metabelian groups. We give a characterization of such groups with large return probability in purely algebraic terms, namely the Krull dimension of the group. To do so, we establish, for metabelian groups, a variation of a famous embedding theorem of Kaloujinine and Krasner that respects this dimension. Along the way, we obtain lower and upper bounds on the return probability of metabelian groups according to their dimension.The second part of this thesis deals with isoperimetric profiles of locally compact compactly generated groups, that we use to characterize the existence of sequences of Følner couples. We generalize at a compact scale previous results of Tessera, in particular that they increase when going to a quotient group, so as to state in more generality a result from the first part, namely that the existence of Følner couples goes to a quotient group. We also prove that it goes to a closed subgroup. This allows to obtains a more self-contained proof of the main result of the first part of this thesis.The third part is a joint work with Kropholler in which we study the structure of soluble groups of infinite torsion-free rank with no ZwrZ. As a corollary, we obtain that a finitely generated soluble group with Krull dimension has finite torsion-free rank if and only if it has no ZwrZ
Propriétés métriques et probabilistes des groupes métabéliens
No full textIn the fist part, we study the return probability of finitely generated metabelian groups. We give a characterization of such groups with large return probability in purely algebraic terms, namely the Krull dimension of the group. To do so, we establish, for metabelian groups, a variation of a famous embedding theorem of Kaloujinine and Krasner that respects this dimension. Along the way, we obtain lower and upper bounds on the return probability of metabelian groups according to their dimension.The second part of this thesis deals with isoperimetric profiles of locally compact compactly generated groups, that we use to characterize the existence of sequences of Følner couples. We generalize at a compact scale previous results of Tessera, in particular that they increase when going to a quotient group, so as to state in more generality a result from the first part, namely that the existence of Følner couples goes to a quotient group. We also prove that it goes to a closed subgroup. This allows to obtains a more self-contained proof of the main result of the first part of this thesis.The third part is a joint work with Kropholler in which we study the structure of soluble groups of infinite torsion-free rank with no ZwrZ. As a corollary, we obtain that a finitely generated soluble group with Krull dimension has finite torsion-free rank if and only if it has no ZwrZ.Dans la première partie, on étudie la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens de type fini. On donne une caractérisation des tels groupes avec grande probabilité de retour en des termes purement algébriques, à l’aide de la dimension de Krull. Cela nécessite, pour les groupes métabéliens, une variation d’un théorème de Kaloujnine et Krasner qui respecte cette dimension. Au passage, on obtient des bornes inférieures et supérieures sur la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens en fonction de la dimension de Krull. La seconde partie concerne les profils isopérimétriques des groupes localement compacts compactement engendrés, qu’on utilise pour caractériser l’existence d’une suite de paires de Følner. On démontre que le profil isopérimétrique augmente lorsqu’on passe au quotient, avec des constantes indépendantes de l’échelle, améliorant une théorème de Tessera. Combinant les deux, on obtient que l’existence de suites de paires de Følner passe au quotient. On montre qu’elle passe au sous-groupe fermé, généralisant un résultat correspondant d’Erschler pour les groupes de type fini. Cela permet d’obtenir une preuve plus auto-contenue du théorème principal de la première partie.La troisième partie est un travail en commun avec Kropholler dans lequel on étudie la structure des groupes résolubles de rang sans torsion infini n’ayant pas de section isomorphe à ZwrZ. On en déduit qu’en présence d’une dimension de Krull, ce type de section est la seule obstruction à la finitude du rang sans torsion
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Get PDFThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Get PDF“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Get PDFWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
Get PDFWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
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