1. Groupoids and Algebras of Certain Singular Foliations with Finitely Many Leaves Open Access Author: Francis, Michael Title: Groupoids and Algebras of Certain Singular Foliations with Finitely Many Leaves Graduate Program: Mathematics Keywords: operator algebrasdifferential geometryfoliationsLie groupoids File: Download MichaelFrancis-Disseration.pdf Committee Members: Ping Xu, Major Field MemberNigel Higson, Chair & Dissertation AdvisorMartin Bojowald, Outside Unit & Field MemberNathanial Brown, Major Field MemberAlexei Novikov, Program Head/Chair