Let F denote the field of real numbers, complex numbers, or a finite algebraic extension of the p-adic field. We prove that the special linear group SLn(F) with the usual topology induced by F is a minimal topological group. This is accomplished by first proving the minimality of the upper triangular group in SLn(F). The proof for the upper triangular group uses an induction argument on a chain of upper triangular subgroups and relies on general results for locally compact topological groups, quotient groups, and subgroups. Minimality of SLn(F) is concluded by appealing to the associated Lie group decomposition as the product of a compact group and an upper triangular group. We also prove the universal minimality of homeomorphism groups of one dimensional manifolds, and we give a new simple proof of the universal minimality of S∞.

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This thesis presents an introduction to Schur rings (S-rings) and their various properties. Special attention is given to S-rings that are commutative. A number of original results are proved, including a complete classification of the central S-rings over the simple groups PSL(2,q), where q is any prime power. A discussion is made of the counting of symmetric S-rings over cyclic groups of prime power order. An appendix is included that gives all S-rings over the symmetric group over 4 elements with basic structural properties, along with code that can be used, for groups of comparatively small order, to enumerate all S-rings and compute character tables for those S-rings that are commutative. The appendix also includes code optimized for the enumeration of S-rings over cyclic groups.

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Fixons un nombre premier p. Soit k un corps algébriquement clos de caractéristique l différent que p. Nous construisons les k-types maximaux simples cuspidaux des sous-groupes de Levi M' de SL_n(F), où F est un corps local non archimédien de caractéristique résiduelle p. Nous montrons que le support supercuspidal des k-représentations lisses irréductibles de M' est unique à M'-conjugaison près, quand F est soit un corps fini de caractéristique p soit un corps local non-archimédien de caractéristique résiduelle p. / Fix a prime number p. Let k be an algebraically closed field of characteristic l different than p. We construct maximal simple cuspidal k-types of Levi subgroups M' of SL_n(F), where F is a non-archimedean locally compact field of residual characteristic p. And we show that the supercuspidal support of irreducible smooth k-representations of Levi subgroups M' of SL_n(F) is unique up to M'-conjugation, when F is either a finite field of characteristic p or a non-archimedean locally compact field of residual characteristic p.