in this paper, we first introduce some function spaces, with certain locally convex topologies, closely  related to the space of real-valued continuous functions on $x$,  where $x$ is a $c$-distinguished topological space. then, we show that their dual spaces can be identified in a natural way with certain spaces of radon measures.

We give an elementary construction of symplectic connections through reduction. This provides an elegant description of a class of symmetric spaces and gives examples of symplectic connections with Ricci type curvature, which are not locally symmetric; the existence of such symplectic connections was unknown. Key-words: Marsden-Weinstein reduction, symplectic connections, symmetric spaces MSC 2...

1. In [12] and [13] Selberg introduced a trace formula for a compact, locally symmetric space of negative curvature. There is a natural algebra of operators on any such space which commute with the Laplacian. The Selberg trace formula gives the trace of these operators. Selberg also pointed out the importance of deriving such a formula when the symmetric space is assumed only to have finite vol...

In this chapter, we discuss similarities, differences and interaction between two natural and important classes of groups: arithmetic subgroups Γ of Lie groups G and mapping class groups Modg,n of surfaces of genus g with n punctures. We also mention similar properties and problems for related groups such as outer automorphism groups Out(Fn), Coxeter groups and hyperbolic groups. Since groups a...

1.) Pm(C), 2.) smooth abelian families, 3.) manifolds with universal covering Bm(C). Here Bm(C) denotes the ball in C , the non compact dual of Pm(C) in the sense of hermitian symmetric spaces. The second point inlcudes the flat case of an abelian manifold. Any compact Riemann surface admits a holomorphic normal projective connection, this is the famous uniformization theorem. Kobayashi and Och...

In this paper, we first introduce some function spaces, with certain locally convex topologies, closely  related to the space of real-valued continuous functions on $X$,  where $X$ is a $C$-distinguished topological space. Then, we show that their dual spaces can be identified in a natural way with certain spaces of Radon measures.