We show that the singular numbers of single layer potentials on smooth curves asymptotically behave like O(1/n). For the curves with singularities, as long as they contain a smooth sub-arc, the resulting single layer potentials are never trace-class. We provide upper bounds for the operator and the Hilbert-Schmidt norms of single layer potentials on smooth and chord-arc curves. Regarding the injectivity of single layer potentials on planar curves, we prove that among single layer potentials on dilations of a given curve, only one yields a non-injective single layer potential. A criterion for injectivity of single layer potentials on ellipses is given. We establish an isoperimetric inequality for Schatten p−norms of logarithmic potentials over quadrilaterals and its analogue for Newtonian potentials on parallelepipeds.

In this thesis we study qualitative as well as quantitative stability aspects of isometric and conformal maps from S^(n-1) to R^n, when n is greater or equal to 2 or 3 respectively. Starting from the classical theorem of Liouville, according to which the isometry group of S^(n-1) is the group of its rigid motions and the conformal group of S^(n-1) is the one of its Möbius transformations, we obtain stability results for these classes of mappings among maps from S^(n-1) to R^n in terms of appropriately defined deficits. Unlike classical geometric rigidity results for maps defined on domains of R^n and mapping into R^n, not only an isometric\ conformal deficit is necessary in this more flexible setting, but also a deficit measuring how much the maps in consideration distort S^(n-1) in a generalized sense. The introduction of the latter is motivated by the classical Euclidean isoperimetric inequality.

京都大学 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(理学) / 甲第22975号 / 理博第4652号 / 新制||理||1668(附属図書館) / 京都大学大学院理学研究科数学・数理解析専攻 / (主査)教授 山口 孝男, 教授 藤原 耕二, 教授 入谷 寛 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Science / Kyoto University / DFAM

Dans la première partie, on étudie la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens de type fini. On donne une caractérisation des tels groupes avec grande probabilité de retour en des termes purement algébriques, à l’aide de la dimension de Krull. Cela nécessite, pour les groupes métabéliens, une variation d’un théorème de Kaloujnine et Krasner qui respecte cette dimension. Au passage, on obtient des bornes inférieures et supérieures sur la probabilité de retour des groupes métabéliens en fonction de la dimension de Krull. La seconde partie concerne les profils isopérimétriques des groupes localement compacts compactement engendrés, qu’on utilise pour caractériser l’existence d’une suite de paires de Følner. On démontre que le profil isopérimétrique augmente lorsqu’on passe au quotient, avec des constantes indépendantes de l’échelle, améliorant une théorème de Tessera. Combinant les deux, on obtient que l’existence de suites de paires de Følner passe au quotient. On montre qu’elle passe au sous-groupe fermé, généralisant un résultat correspondant d’Erschler pour les groupes de type fini. Cela permet d’obtenir une preuve plus auto-contenue du théorème principal de la première partie.La troisième partie est un travail en commun avec Kropholler dans lequel on étudie la structure des groupes résolubles de rang sans torsion infini n’ayant pas de section isomorphe à ZwrZ. On en déduit qu’en présence d’une dimension de Krull, ce type de section est la seule obstruction à la finitude du rang sans torsion. / In the fist part, we study the return probability of finitely generated metabelian groups. We give a characterization of such groups with large return probability in purely algebraic terms, namely the Krull dimension of the group. To do so, we establish, for metabelian groups, a variation of a famous embedding theorem of Kaloujinine and Krasner that respects this dimension. Along the way, we obtain lower and upper bounds on the return probability of metabelian groups according to their dimension.The second part of this thesis deals with isoperimetric profiles of locally compact compactly generated groups, that we use to characterize the existence of sequences of Følner couples. We generalize at a compact scale previous results of Tessera, in particular that they increase when going to a quotient group, so as to state in more generality a result from the first part, namely that the existence of Følner couples goes to a quotient group. We also prove that it goes to a closed subgroup. This allows to obtains a more self-contained proof of the main result of the first part of this thesis.The third part is a joint work with Kropholler in which we study the structure of soluble groups of infinite torsion-free rank with no ZwrZ. As a corollary, we obtain that a finitely generated soluble group with Krull dimension has finite torsion-free rank if and only if it has no ZwrZ.

Inspired by a planar partitioning problem involving multiple unbounded chambers, this thesis investigates using classical techniques what can be said of the existence, uniqueness, and regularity of minimizers in a certain free-endpoint isoperimetric problem. In two cases, a full existence-uniqueness-regularity result is proved using a convexity technique inspired by work of Talenti. The problem studied here can be interpreted physically as the identification of the equilibrium shape of a sessile liquid drop in half-space (in the absence of gravity). This is a well-studied variational problem whose full resolution requires the use of geometric measure theory, in particular the theory of sets of finite perimeter. A crash course on the theory required for the modern statement of the equilibrium shape theorem is presented in an appendix. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

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In the present work we study isoperimetric problem and its description by isoperimetric inequality. The legend of Dido, which inspired formulation of the isoperimetric problem, is described in the first chapter. The following chapters are devoted to elementary proofs of isoperimetric inequality for polygons as well as for curves. The last chapter focuses on related problem than isoperimetric that is isodiametric problem. This is described Reuleaux polygon that constitutes a means for proof of isodiametric inequality.

The present work deals with m-th order compact Sobolev embeddings on a do- main Ω ⊆ Rn endowed with a probability measure ν and satisfying certain isoperi- metric inequality. We derive a condition on a pair of rearrangement-invariant spaces X(Ω, ν) and Y (Ω, ν) which suffices to guarantee a compact embedding of the Sobolev space V m X(Ω, ν) into Y (Ω, ν). The condition is given in terms of compactness of certain operator on representation spaces. This result is then applied to characterize higher-order compact Sobolev embeddings on concrete measure spaces, including John domains, Maz'ya classes of Euclidean domains and product probability spaces, among them the Gauss space is the most stan- dard example. 1

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