Distortion in transformation groups (with an appendix by Yves de Cornulier)

DOI10.2140/gt.2006.10.267zbMath1106.37017arXivmath/0509701MaRDI QIDQ2501682

Danny Calegari, Michael Hartley Freedman

Publication date: 11 September 2006

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509701

zbMATH Keywords

distortion; transformation groups; Bergman property; Pixton action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

57S25: Groups acting on specific manifolds

37C85: Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C})

57M60: Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions

22F05: General theory of group and pseudogroup actions

37C05: Dynamical systems involving smooth mappings and diffeomorphisms

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