We search for theorems that, given a $C_i$-field $K$ and a subfield $k$ of $K$, allow us to conclude that $k$ is a $C_j$-field for some $j$. We give appropriate theorems in the case $K=k(t)$ and $K = k\llp t\rrp$. We then consider the more difficult case where $K/k$ is an algebraic extension. Here we are able to prove some results, and make conjectures. We also point out the connection between these questions and Lang's conjecture on nonreal function fields over a real closed field.

We construct a one-parameter generic polynomial for $\PSL(2,2^n)$ over $\mathbb F_{2^n}$.

We give an upper bound on the essential dimension of the group $\mathbb{Z}/q\rtimes(\mathbb{Z}/q)^*$ over the rational numbers, when $q$ is a prime power.

We give an explicit recipe for the determination of the images associated to the Galois action on $p$-torsion points of elliptic curves. We present a table listing the image for all the elliptic curves defined over $\QQ$ without complex multiplication with conductor less than 200 and for each prime number~$p$.