For a topological group G we introduce the algebra SUC(G) of strongly uniformly continuous functions. We show that SUC(G) contains the algebra WAP(G) of weakly almost periodic functions as well as the algebras LE(G) and Asp(G) of locally equicontinuous and Asplund functions respectively. For the Polish groups of order preserving homeomorphisms of the unit interval and of isometries of the Urysohn space of diameter 1, we show that SUC(G) is trivial. We introduce the notion of fixed point on a class...

En topologie dynamique, une famille classique de systèmes est celle formée par les rotations minimales. La classe des nilsystèmes et de leurs limites projectives en est une extension naturelle. L’étude de ces systèmes est ancienne mais connaît actuellement un renouveau à cause de ses applications, à la fois à la théorie ergodique et en théorie additive des nombres. Les rotations minimales sont caractérisées par le fait que la relation de proximalité régionale est l’égalité. Nous introduisons une...

We consider continuous extensions of minimal rotations on a locally connected compact group X by cocycles taking values in locally compact Lie groups and prove regularity (i.e. the existence of orbit closures which project onto the whole basis X) in certain special situations beyond the nilpotent case. We further discuss an open question on cocycles acting on homogeneous spaces which seems to be the missing key for a general regularity theorem.

For a discrete dynamical system given by a compact Hausdorff space X and a continuous selfmap f of X the connection between minimality, invertibility and openness of f is investigated. It is shown that any minimal map is feebly open, i.e., sends open sets to sets with nonempty interiors (and if it is open then it is a homeomorphism). Further, it is shown that if f is minimal and A ⊆ X then both f(A) and $f^{-1}\left(A\right)$ share with A those topological properties which describe how large a set is. Using these results...