Compact subgroups of homeomorphisms of the sphere (Q874758)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5141206
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    Compact subgroups of homeomorphisms of the sphere
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5141206

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      Compact subgroups of homeomorphisms of the sphere (English)
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      10 April 2007
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      The purpose of this article is to give a modern proof of the following result of Kerékjártó: every compact group of homeomorphisms of \(\mathbb S^2\) is topologically conjugate to a closed subgroup of \(\mathbb O(3)\). The proof involves analyses of compact subgroups of the groups of homeomorphisms of the circle and the disc.
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      Hilbert's fifth problem
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      homeomorphisms of the sphere
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