We prove some new results on quasi-regular Dirichlet forms. These include results on perturbations of Dirichlet forms, change of speed measure, and tightness. The tightness implies the existence of an associated right continuous strong Markov process. We also discuss applications to a number of examples including cases with possibly degenerate (sub)-elliptic part, diffusions on loops spaces, an...

For a G-variety X with an open orbit, we define its boundary ∂X as the complement of the open orbit. The action sheaf SX is the subsheaf of the tangent sheaf made of vector fields tangent to ∂X. We prove, for a large family of smooth spherical varieties, the vanishing of the cohomology groups Hi(X,SX) for i > 0, extending results of F. Bien and M. Brion [BB96]. We apply these results to study t...

The topic of amodal completion has often been investigated by using partly occluded shapes that are regular. In research that has typically been done with displays such as these regular shapes, it has been shown that global aspects of a shape can determine completion. To see how robust these global influences in the completion process are, we investigated quasi-regular shapes, ie shapes with a ...