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A free group of piecewise linear transformations

Grzegorz Tomkowicz (2011)

Colloquium Mathematicae

We prove the following conjecture of J. Mycielski: There exists a free nonabelian group of piecewise linear, orientation and area preserving transformations which acts on the punctured disk {(x,y) ∈ ℝ²: 0 < x² + y² < 1} without fixed points.

A geometric analysis of dynamical systems with singular Lagrangians

Monika Havelková (2011)

Communications in Mathematics

We study dynamics of singular Lagrangian systems described by implicit differential equations from a geometric point of view using the exterior differential systems approach. We analyze a concrete Lagrangian previously studied by other authors by methods of Dirac’s constraint theory, and find its complete dynamics.

A geometric theory of harmonic and semi-conformal maps

Anders Kock (2004)

Open Mathematics

We describe for any Riemannian manifold M a certain scheme M L, lying in between the first and second neighbourhood of the diagonal of M. Semi-conformal maps between Riemannian manifolds are then analyzed as those maps that preserve M L; harmonic maps are analyzed as those that preserve the (Levi-Civita-) mirror image formation inside M L.

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