Groups of fast homeomorphisms of the interval and the ping-pong argument (Q1737949): Difference between revisions
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Groups of fast homeomorphisms of the interval and the ping-pong argument (English)
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24 April 2019
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Summary: We adapt the Ping-Pong lemma, which historically was used to study free products of groups, to the setting of the homeomorphism group of the unit interval. As a consequence, we isolate a large class of generating sets for subgroups of Homeo\(_+ (I)\) for which certain finite dynamical data can be used to determine the marked isomorphism type of the groups which they generate. As a corollary, we will obtain a criterion for embedding subgroups of Homeo\(_+ (I)\) into Richard Thompson's group \(F\) . In particular, every member of our class of generating sets generates a group which embeds into \(F\) and in particular is not a free product. An analogous abstract theory is also developed for groups of permutations of an infinite set.
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algebraically fast
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dynamical diagram
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free group
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geometrically fast
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geometrically proper
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homeomorphism group
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piecewise linear
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ping-pong lemma
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symbol space
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symbolic dynamics
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Thompson's group
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transition chain
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