On the asynchronous rational group (Q2286352)

In this article, the authors study a group of homeomorphisms of the Cantor set introduced by \textit{R. I. Grigorchuk} et al. [in: Dynamical systems, automata, and infinite groups. Transl. from the Russian. Moscow: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica Publishing. 128--203 (2000; Zbl 1155.37311); translation from Tr. Mat. Inst. Steklova 231, 134--214 (2000)] and called the ``asynchronous rational group''. They prove that this group is simple but not finitely generated. Their method also applies to study certain subgroups of this group. In the last 15 years, there has been an intense activity around the study of certain countable subgroups of the group of homeomorphisms of the Cantor set. Many groups with interesting properties (e.g. simplicity combined with other properties) have been constructed, see e.g. [\textit{H. Matui}, Int. J. Math. 17, No. 2, 231--251 (2006; Zbl 1109.37008); \textit{K. Juschenko} and \textit{N. Monod}, Ann. Math. (2) 178, No. 2, 775--787 (2013; Zbl 1283.37011); \textit{V. Nekrashevych}, Ann. Math. (2) 187, No. 3, 667--719 (2018; Zbl 1437.20038)] for further reading (among many other interesting articles).