The Ubiquity of Thompson's Group F in Groups of Piecewise Linear Homeomorphisms of the Unit Interval
In 1973, Richard Thompson constructed the first example of the finitely presented infinite simple group \(G\). One ingredient of this group \(G\), a torsion-free subgroup \(F\leq G\), became popular in 1984 when K. S. Brown and Ross Geoghegan proved the most remarkable fact that \(F\) -- although of infinite cohomological dimension -- does admit a \(K(F,1)\)-complex with finite skeleta. Thompson's groups have served as counterexamples to various short sighted conjectures. More interestingly: they have the persistent pecularity to pop up in diverse areas in mathematics. This suggested to the authors that there might be something very natural about them. They support this by showing that every group of finitary \(PL\)-homeomorphisms of the unit interval satisfying a certain weak condition contains a copy of Thompson's group \(F\) -- not unexpected but by no means obvious. For an introduction to Thompson's groups see \textit{J. W. Cannon}, \textit{W. J. Floyd} and \textit{W. R. Parry} [Enseign. Math., II. Sér. 42, No. 3/4, 215-256 (1996; Zbl 0880.20027)].
- A minimal non-solvable group of homeomorphisms.
- Thompson's group \(F\) and uniformly finite homology
- Automorphisms of generalized Thompson groups
- Groups of fast homeomorphisms of the interval and the ping-pong argument
- Higher dimensional Thompson groups.
- Addendum to ``Commensurations and subgroups of finite index of Thompson's group \(F\).
- Random generation of Thompson group \(F\)
- Complexity among the finitely generated subgroups of Thompson's group
- Twisted conjugacy in PL-homeomorphism groups of the circle
- Classifying spaces from Ore categories with Garside families
- Schreier graphs of actions of Thompson's group \(F\) on the unit interval and on the Cantor set
- Denominator bounds in Thompson-like groups and flows
- An algebraic classification of some solvable groups of homeomorphisms.
- PRESENTATIONS, CONJUGACY, ROOTS, AND CENTRALIZERS IN GROUPS OF PIECEWISE LINEAR HOMEOMORPHISMS OF THE REAL LINE
- Questions and remarks on discrete and dense subgroups of Diff(I)
- Subgroups of R. Thompson's group F that are isomorphic to F.
- Thompson's group, Teichmüller spaces, and dual Riemann surfaces
- A proof that Thompson's groups have infinitely many relative ends.
- On groups of PL-homeomorphisms of the real line
- Interprétation de l'arithmétique dans certains groupes de permutations affines par morceaux d'un intervalle
- 2-chains and square roots of Thompson's group \(F\)
- Determining solubility for finitely generated groups of PL homeomorphisms
- Number of conjugacy classes of torsion elements in Brown-Thompson groups
- FACTORIZATIONS OF THE THOMPSON–HIGMAN GROUPS, AND CIRCUIT COMPLEXITY
- The \(\mathcal R\)- and \(\mathcal L\)-orders of the Thompson-Higman monoid \(M_{k,1}\) and their complexity.
- Groups of Piecewise Linear Homeomorphisms
- Conjugacy in Thompson's group \(F\).
- Irrational-slope versions of Thompson's groups T and V
- R. Thompson’s group and the amenability problem
- SOME GROUP THEORY PROBLEMS
- The homology of Richard Thompson's group F.
- ELEMENTARY AMENABLE SUBGROUPS OF R. THOMPSON'S GROUP F
- Subgroups of \(\mathrm{PL}_+ I\) which do not embed into Thompson's group \(F\)
- On maximal subgroups of Thompson's group F
- On closed subgroups of the R. Thompson group F
- Diagram groups and directed 2-complexes: homotopy and homology.
- Properties of Richard Thompson's group F related to Følner sets.
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