You can download the PDF versions of my dissertation here.

• Original (written in Japanese): PhDweb.pdf (3.23MB)
• With embedded fonts (in case Japanese characters in the above version are garbled): PhDweb_embedded.pdf (3.58MB)
• English version ... under translation

Acknowledgements for the web version

I want to thank Prof. Gösta Bruce (Lund University) to allow me to reproduce a figure (Fig. 1.2 in p. 8) from his book.

Related publications and presentations

Before the dissertation

• Utsugi (2006b): The earlier version of Chapter 2. Written in Japanese.
• Utsugi (2003a): The earlier version of Chapter 3. Written in Japanese.
• Utsugi (2004d): The earlier version of Chapter 4. Written in Japanese.

After the dissertation

• Utsugi (2006a): The compressed and revised version of my dissertation, mainly focusing on Chapter 5. Written in Japanese. The Korean translation is also available.
• Utsugi (2006c): A talk overviewing the dissertation.
• Utsugi (2007b): A Summary of the dissertation. Written in English.