Un système fini d’isométries partielles de $\mathbf{R}$ est dit à générateurs indépendants si les composés non triviaux fixent au plus un point. On décrit un procédé simple et naturel pour obtenir des générateurs indépendants, sans modifier les orbites, pour tout système sans composante minimale homogène : en prenant la restriction de chaque générateur à un certain sous-intervalle de son domaine. Un système avec une composante minimale homogène ne possède pas de générateurs indépendants.

For G = SU(n), Sp(n) or Spin(n), let $C_G\left(SU\left(2\right)\right)$ be the centralizer of a certain SU(2) in G. We have a natural map $J:G/C_G\left(SU\left(2\right)\right)\to \Omega ₀³G$. For a generator α of $H⁎(G/C_G\left(SU\left(2\right)\right);\mathbb{Z}/2)$, we describe J⁎(α). In particular, it is proved that $J⁎:H⁎(G/C_G\left(SU\left(2\right)\right);\mathbb{Z}/2)\to H⁎(\Omega ₀³G;\mathbb{Z}/2)$ is injective.

For various $L^p$-spaces (1 ≤ p < ∞) we investigate the minimum number of complex-valued functions needed to generate an algebra dense in the space. The results depend crucially on the regularity imposed on the generators. For μ a positive regular Borel measure on a compact metric space there always exists a single bounded measurable function that generates an algebra dense in $L^p\left(\mu \right)$. For M a Riemannian manifold-with-boundary of finite volume there always exists a single continuous function that generates...

We consider the eigenvalue problem$$\begin{array}{c}-\mathrm{div}\left(a\right(\left|\nabla u\right|\left)\nabla u\right)=\lambda g(x,u)\text{in}\Omega \hfill \\ u=0\text{on}\partial \Omega ,\hfill \end{array}$$in the case where the principal operator has rapid growth. By using a variational approach, we show that under certain conditions, almost all $\lambda \&gt;0$ are eigenvalues.

We consider the eigenvalue problem $$\begin{array}{c}{\displaystyle -\mathrm{div}\left(a\right(\left|\nabla u\right|\left)\nabla u\right)=\lambda g(x,u)\text{in}\Omega u=0\text{on}\partial \Omega ,}\hfill \end{array}$$ in the case where the principal operator has rapid growth. By using a variational approach, we show that under certain conditions, almost all λ > 0 are eigenvalues.

We give a uniform, explicit description of the generic types of one–step bracket–generating distributions of rank four. A manifold carrying such a structure has dimension at least five and no higher than ten. For each of the generic types, we give a brief description of the resulting class of generic distributions and of geometries equivalent to them. For dimensions different from eight and nine, these are available in the literature. The remaining two cases are dealt with in my doctoral thesis.