There is only one fully supported ergodic invariant probability measure for the adic transformation on the space of infinite paths in the graph that underlies the eulerian numbers. This result may partially justify a frequent assumption about the equidistribution of random permutations.

We study the growth of the rank of subgroups of finite index in residually finite groups, by relating it to the notion of cost. As a by-product, we show that the ‘rank vs. Heegaard genus’ conjecture on hyperbolic 3-manifolds is incompatible with the ‘fixed price problem’ in topological dynamics.

We show that for many natural topological groups G (including the group ℤ of integers) there exist compact metric G-spaces (cascades for G = ℤ) which are reflexively representable but not Hilbert representable. This answers a question of T. Downarowicz. The proof is based on a classical example of W. Rudin and its generalizations. A~crucial step in the proof is our recent result which states that every weakly almost periodic function on a compact G-flow X comes from a G-representation of X on reflexive...

Soient $A_p=\{0,\cdots ,p-1\}$ et $Z\subseteq A_p^{\mathbb{N}}\times A_p^{\mathbb{N}}$ un sous-système. $Z$ est une représentation en base $p$ d’une fonction $f$ du tore si pour tout point $x$ du tore, ses développements en base $p$ sont liés par le couplage $Z$ aux développements en base $p$ de $f\left(x\right)$. On prouve que si $f$ est représentable en base $p$ alors $f\left(x\right)=(ux+\frac{m}{p-1})\text{mod}1$, où $u\in \mathbb{Z}\text{et}m\in A_p$. Réciproquement, toutes les fonctions de ce type sont représentables en base $p$ par un transducteur. On montre finalement que les fonctions du tore qui peuvent être représentées par automate cellulaire sont exclusivement les multiplications...

For quasiperiodic flows of Koch type, we exploit an algebraic rigidity of an equivalence relation on flows, called projective conjugacy, to algebraically characterize the deviations from completeness of an absolute invariant of projective conjugacy, called the multiplier group, which describes the generalized symmetries of the flow. We then describe three ways by which two quasiperiodic flows with the same Koch field are projectively conjugate when their multiplier groups are identical. The first...