Approximating nonabelian free groups by groups of homeomorphisms of the real line

DOI10.1016/J.JALGEBRA.2020.07.018zbMATH Open1441.43001arXiv2001.05413OpenAlexW3047613608MaRDI QIDQ2197779FDOQ2197779

Authors: Yash Lodha 

Publication date: 1 September 2020

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

Abstract: We show that for a large class $mathcalC$ of finitely generated groups of orientation preserving homeomorphisms of the real line, the following holds: Given a group $G$ of rank $k$ in $mathcalC$, there is a sequence of $k$-markings $(G,S_n),ninmathbfN$ whose limit in the space of marked groups is the free group of rank $k$ with the standard marking. The class we consider consists of groups that admit actions satisfying mild dynamical conditions and a certain "self-similarity" type hypothesis. Examples include Thompson's group $F$, Higman-Thompson groups, Stein-Thompson groups, various Bieri-Strebel groups, the golden ratio Thompson group, and finitely presented non amenable groups of piecewise projective homeomorphisms. For the case of Thompson's group $F$ we provide a new and considerably simpler proof of this fact proved by Brin (Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics 2010).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2001.05413

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zbMATH Keywords

free grouppiecewiseprojectivetorsion freespace of marked groupsleft orderable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Generators, relations, and presentations of groups (20F05) Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups (43A07)

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• Free limits of Thompson's group \(F\).
• On groups of PL-homeomorphisms of the real line
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• On some generating set of Thompson's group \(F\)
• Free subgroups of the homeomorphism group of the reals

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