Groups of fast homeomorphisms of the interval and the ping-pong argument

DOI10.4171/JCA/25MaRDI QIDQ1737949

Matthew C. B. Zaremsky, Collin Bleak, Martin Kassabov, Justin Tatch Moore, Matthew G. Brin

Publication date: 24 April 2019

Published in: Journal of Combinatorial Algebra (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1701.08321

zbMATH Keywords

free group; symbolic dynamics; Thompson's group; homeomorphism group; piecewise linear; symbol space; ping-pong lemma; algebraically fast; dynamical diagram; geometrically fast; geometrically proper; transition chain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

20E07: Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth

20E34: General structure theorems for groups

20F65: Geometric group theory

20B07: General theory for infinite permutation groups

20B10: Characterization theorems for permutation groups

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