A quasi-factor of a minimal flow is a minimal subset of the induced flow on the space of closed subsets. We study a particular kind of quasi-factor (a 'joining' quasi-factor) using the Galois theory of minimal flows. We also investigate the relation between factors and quasi-factors.

A distality property for pseudogroups and foliations is defined. Distal foliated bundles satisfying some growth conditions are shown to have zero geometric entropy in the sense of É. Ghys, R. Langevin and P. Walczak [Acta Math. 160 (1988)].

We consider the notions of equicontinuity point, sensitivity point and so on from a topological point of view. Many of these notions can be sensibly defined either in terms of (finite) open covers or uniformities. We show that for the notions of equicontinuity point and sensitivity point, Hausdorff or uniform versions coincide in compact Hausdorff spaces and are equivalent to the standard definitions stated in terms of a metric in compact metric spaces. We prove that a uniformly chain transitive...

We prove that for every ϵ > 0 there exists a minimal diffeomorphism f: ² → ² of class $C^{3-ϵ}$ and semiconjugate to an ergodic translation with the following properties: zero entropy, sensitivity to initial conditions, and Li-Yorke chaos. These examples are obtained through the holonomy of the unstable foliation of Mañé’s example of a derived-from-Anosov diffeomorphism on ³.

We study II${}_1$ factors $M$ and $N$ associated with good generalized Bernoulli actions of groups having an infinite almost normal subgroup with the relative property (T). We prove the following rigidity result : every finite index $M$-$N$-bimodule (in particular, every isomorphism between $M$ and $N$) is described by a commensurability of the groups involved and a commensurability of their actions. The fusion algebra of finite index $M$-$M$-bimodules is identified with an extended Hecke fusion algebra, providing the...

We introduce the concept of an extreme relation for a topological flow as an analogue of the extreme measurable partition for a measure-preserving transformation considered by Rokhlin and Sinai, and we show that every topological flow has such a relation for any invariant measure. From this result, it follows, among other things, that any deterministic flow has zero topological entropy and any flow which is a K-system with respect to an invariant measure with full support is a topological K-flow....