On properly essential classical conformal diffeomorphism groups (Q420597)

\textit{A. Banyaga} [J. Geom. 68, No. 1--2, 10--15 (2000; Zbl 0977.53027)] proved that many classical conformal structures carry essential conformal groups. The present paper shows that their conformal groups are in fact properly essential. The main result is Theorem 2: The conformal diffeomorphism groups of the following conformal manifolds are properly essential. i) \((M, \xi )\) a contact manifold. ii) \((M, [\omega ])\) a conformal symplectic manifold that supports a Liouville vector field. iii) \((M, \sigma )\) an oriented manifold.