The Steiner-Lehmus Theorem has garnered much attention since its conception in the 1840s. A variety of proofs resulting from the posing of the theorem are still appearing today, well over 100 years later. There are some amazing similarities among these proofs, as different as they seem to be. These characteristics allow for some interesting groupings and observations.

An experimental investigation was performed to ascertain the nature of turbulence in a narrow apex angle isosceles triangular duct. The study involved the design and construction of a low noise, low turbulence wind tunnel that had an isosceles triangular test section with an apex angle of 11.5[degrees]. Experiments involved the measurement of velocity fluctuations using hot wire anemometry and wall pressure fluctuations using a condenser microphone. Measurement of the velocity fluctuations reconfirms the coexistence of laminar and turbulent regions at a given cross section for a range of Reynolds numbers. The laminar region is concentrated closer to the apex while the turbulent region is found closer to the base. The point of transition is a function of the Reynolds number and moves closer to the apex as the flow rate is increased. Moreover, it was found in this investigation that traditional scaling of the turbulent statistical quantities do not hold good in this geometry. Although velocity fluctuations showed distinctive flow regimes, no such distinction could be seen in the dynamic wall pressure data. The nature of the dynamic wall pressure was uniform throughout the entire cross section suggesting that wall pressure fluctuations, unlike the velocity fluctuations, are able to travel from the base to the apex, without being damped. This implies that the relationship between the velocity and the pressure fluctuations applicable in the other systems does not hold well in a narrow apex angle isosceles triangular duct. Further, the typical scaling relationships applied to wall pressure spectra of other geometries doesn't apply in this scenario and the ratio of the RMS pressure fluctuation to the mean shear is much higher compared to a flat plate or pipe flow situation.

The present thesis contributes to the theory of generalized Minkowski spaces as a continuation of Minkowski geometry, i.e., the geometry of finite-dimensional normed spaces over the field of real numbers. In a generalized Minkowski space, distance and length measurement is provided by a gauge, whose definition mimics the definition of a norm but lacks the symmetry requirement. This seemingly minor change in the definition is deliberately chosen. On the one hand, many techniques from Minkowski spaces can be adapted to generalized Minkowski spaces because several phenomena in Minkowski geometry simply do not depend on the symmetry of distance measurement. On the other hand, the possible asymmetry of the distance measurement set up by gauges is nonetheless meaningful and interesting for applications, e.g., in location science. In this spirit, the presentation of this thesis is led mainly by minimization problems from convex optimization and location science which are appealing to convex geometers, too. In addition, we study metrically defined objects, which may receive a new interpretation when we measure distances asymmetrically. To this end, we use a combination of methods from convex analysis and convex geometry to relate the properties of these objects to the shape of the unit ball of the generalized Minkowski space under consideration.

Στην παρούσα διατριβή μελετήσαμε την ολοκληρωσιμότητα του ανισοτροπικού προβλήματος Størmer (ASP) και του ισοσκελούς προβλημάτος τριών σωμάτων (IP), με εφαρμογή της θεωρίας Morales-Ramis-Simó. Τα αποτελέσματα της μελέτης δημοσιεύθηκαν στο περιοδικό Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. Ένα σύστημα Hamilton SH, Ν βαθμών ελευθερίας, είναι ολοκληρώσιμο (κατά Liouville) όταν επιδέχεται Ν συναρτησιακώς ανεξάρτητα και σε ενέλιξη πρώτα ολοκληρώματα. Οι J.J. Morales-Ruiz, J.P. Ramis και C. Simó απέδειξαν ότι αν ένα SH είναι ολοκληρώσιμο, τότε η ταυτοτική συνιστώσα G0k της διαφορικής ομάδας Galois των εξισώσεων μεταβολών VE¬k τάξης k , που αντιστοιχούν σε μια ολοκληρωτική καμπύλη του SH, είναι αβελιανή. Το ASP μπορεί να θεωρηθεί ότι είναι ένα σύστημα Hamilton δυο βαθμών ελευθερίας που περιέχει τις παραμέτρους pφ και ν2>0, το οποίο περιγράφει την κίνηση ενός φορτισμένου σωματιδίου υπό την επίδραση του μαγνητικού πεδίου ενός διπόλου. Οι Α. Almeida, T. Stuchi είχαν αποδείξει ότι το ASP είναι μη-ολοκληρώσιμο για pφ≠0 και ν2>0, ενω για pφ=0 είχαν αποδείξει τη μη-ολοκληρωσιμότητα των περιπτώσεων που αντιστοιχούν στις τιμές ν2≠5/12, 2/3. Η δική μας διερεύνηση απέδειξε ότι το ASP με pφ=0 (ASP0) είναι, επίσης, μη-ολοκληρώσιμο για ν2=5/12, 2/3. Αρχικά, με χρήση της μεθόδου Yoshida, αναλύσαμε τις G01 των VE¬1, που αντιστοιχούν σε δύο ολοκληρωτικές καμπύλες του ASP0, καταλήγοντας ότι οι G01 είναι μη-αβελιανές για ν2≠2/3. Στη συνέχεια, ορίσαμε τις VE3 κατά μήκος μιας τρίτης ολοκληρωτικής καμπύλης του ASP0 και δείξαμε ότι η αντίστοιχη G03 είναι μη-αβελιανή για ν2=2/3. Σύμφωνα με τη θεωρία Morales-Ramis-Simó, τα προαναφερόμενα αποδεικνύουν τη μη-ολοκληρωσιμότητα του ASΡ για pφ=0 και ν2>0. Το ΙΡ είναι μια υποπερίπτωση του προβλήματος τριών σωμάτων και μπορεί να μελετηθεί ως ένα σύστημα Hamilton δύο βαθμών ελευθερίας με παραμέτρους pφ και m, m3>0. Η προγενέστερη ανάλυση του ΙΡ υπεδείκνυε τη μη-ολοκληρωσιμότητα του συστήματος, όμως είχε πραγματοποιηθεί με χρήση αριθμητικών μεθόδων. Βρίσκοντας από μια ολοκληρωτική καμπύλη για κάθε μια απο τις περιπτώσεις pφ=0, pφ≠0, ορίσαμε τις αντίστοιχες VE1 και αποδείξαμε τη μη-ολοκληρωσιμότητα του ΙΡ. Για pφ=0 χρησιμοποιήσαμε τη μέθοδο Yoshida για να μελετήσουμε την G01, ενώ για pφ≠0 εφαρμόσαμε τον αλγόριθμο Kovacic και ερευνητικά αποτελέσματα των D. Boucher, J.A. Weil για να διερευνήσουμε την αντίστοιχη G01. Οι G01 και στις δυο προαναφερόμενες περιπτώσεις είναι μη-αβελιανές, οπότε το ΙΡ είναι μη-ολοκληρώσιμο, σύμφωνα με τη θεωρία Morales-Ramis-Simó. / In the present dissertation we studied the integrability of the anisotropic Stormer problem (ASP) and the isosceles three-body problem (IP), applying the Morales-Ramis-Simo theory. The results of our study were published by the journal Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena. A Hamiltonian system SH, of N degrees of freedom, is integrable (in the Liouville sense) if it admits an involutive set of N functionally independent first integrals. J.J. Morales-Ruiz, J.P. Ramis and C. Simó proved that if an SH is integrable, then the identity component G0k of the differential Galois group of the variational equations VE¬k of order k that correspond to an integral curve of the SH, is abelian. The ASP can be considered as a Hamiltonian system of two degrees of freedom that contains the parameters pφ and ν2>0, which describes the motion of a charged particle under the influence of the magnetic field of a dipole. Α. Almeida, T. Stuchi had proved that the ASP is non-integrable for pφ≠0 and ν2>0, while for pφ=0 they had proved the non-integrability of the cases that correspond to ν2≠5/12, 2/3. Our study proved that the ASP with pφ=0 (ASP0) is, also, non-integrable for ν2=5/12, 2/3. Initially, using the Yoshida method, we analysed the G01 of the VE¬1, that correspond to two integrals curves of the ASP0, concluding that they are non-abelian for ν2≠2/3. Then, we defined the VE3 along a third integral curve of the ASP0 and indicated that the corresponding G03 is non-abelian for ν2=2/3. According to the Morales-Ramis-Simó theory, the aforementioned considerations prove the non-integrability of the ASP for pφ=0 and ν2>0. The IP is a special case of the three-body problem and it can be treated as a Hamiltonian system of two degrees of freedom that embodies the parameters pφ and m, m3>0. Previous analysis of the IP suggested the non-integrability of the system, but it was performed with the use of numerical methods. Finding an integral curve for each of the cases pφ=0, pφ≠0, we defined the corresponding VE1 and proved the non-integrability of the IP. For pφ=0 we used the Yoshida method to examine G01 , while for pφ≠0 we applied the Kovacic algorithm and some results of D. Boucher, J.A. Weil to investigate the corresponding G01 . In both of the aforementioned cases the G01 were non-abelian, yielding IP non-integrable, according to the Morales-Ramis-Simó theory.

In this dissertation we study basic metrical properties of 2-dimensional normed linear spaces, so-called (Minkowski or) normed planes. In the first chapter we introduce a notion of angular measure, and we investigate under what conditions certain angular measures in a Minkowski plane exist. We show that only the Euclidean angular measure has the property that in an isosceles triangle the base angles are of equal size. However, angular measures with the property that the angle between orthogonal vectors has a value of pi/2, i.e, a quarter of the full circle, exist in a wider variety of normed planes, depending on the type of orthogonality. Due to this we have a closer look at isosceles and Birkhoff orthogonality. Finally, we present results concerning angular bisectors. In the second chapter we pay attention to convex quadrilaterals. We give definitions of different types of rectangles and rhombi and analyse under what conditions they coincide. Combinations of defining properties of rectangles and rhombi will yield squares, and we will see that any two types of squares are equal if and only if the plane is Euclidean. Additionally, we define a ``new\'\' type of quadrilaterals, the so-called codises. Since codises and rectangles coincide in Radon planes, we will explain why it makes sense to distinguish these two notions. For this purpose we introduce the concept of associated parallelograms. Finally we will deal with metrically defined conics, i.e., with analogues of conic sections in normed planes. We define metric ellipses (hyperbolas) as loci of points that have constant sum (difference) of distances to two given points, the so-called foci. Also we define metric parabolas as loci of points whose distance to a given point equals the distance to a fixed line. We present connections between the shape of the unit ball B and the shape of conics. More precisely, we will see that straight segments and corner points of B cause, under certain conditions, that conics have straight segments and corner points, too. Afterwards we consider intersecting ellipses and hyperbolas with identical foci. We prove that in special Minkowski planes, namely in the subfamily of polygonal planes, confocal ellipses and hyperbolas intersect in a way called Birkhoff orthogonal, whenever the respective ellipse is large enough.

In this dissertation we study basic metrical properties of 2-dimensional normed linear spaces, so-called (Minkowski or) normed planes. In the first chapter we introduce a notion of angular measure, and we investigate under what conditions certain angular measures in a Minkowski plane exist. We show that only the Euclidean angular measure has the property that in an isosceles triangle the base angles are of equal size. However, angular measures with the property that the angle between orthogonal vectors has a value of pi/2, i.e, a quarter of the full circle, exist in a wider variety of normed planes, depending on the type of orthogonality. Due to this we have a closer look at isosceles and Birkhoff orthogonality. Finally, we present results concerning angular bisectors. In the second chapter we pay attention to convex quadrilaterals. We give definitions of different types of rectangles and rhombi and analyse under what conditions they coincide. Combinations of defining properties of rectangles and rhombi will yield squares, and we will see that any two types of squares are equal if and only if the plane is Euclidean. Additionally, we define a ``new\'\' type of quadrilaterals, the so-called codises. Since codises and rectangles coincide in Radon planes, we will explain why it makes sense to distinguish these two notions. For this purpose we introduce the concept of associated parallelograms. Finally we will deal with metrically defined conics, i.e., with analogues of conic sections in normed planes. We define metric ellipses (hyperbolas) as loci of points that have constant sum (difference) of distances to two given points, the so-called foci. Also we define metric parabolas as loci of points whose distance to a given point equals the distance to a fixed line. We present connections between the shape of the unit ball B and the shape of conics. More precisely, we will see that straight segments and corner points of B cause, under certain conditions, that conics have straight segments and corner points, too. Afterwards we consider intersecting ellipses and hyperbolas with identical foci. We prove that in special Minkowski planes, namely in the subfamily of polygonal planes, confocal ellipses and hyperbolas intersect in a way called Birkhoff orthogonal, whenever the respective ellipse is large enough.:1 Introduction 2 On angular measures 3 Types of convex quadrilaterals 4 On conic sections