Conjugacy class of homeomorphisms and distortion elements in groups of homeomorphisms

DOI10.5802/JEP.78zbMATH Open1404.54028arXiv1405.1000OpenAlexW1508604402WikidataQ129317046 ScholiaQ129317046MaRDI QIDQ4559772FDOQ4559772

Authors: Emmanuel Militon 

Publication date: 4 December 2018

Published in: Journal de l’École polytechnique — Mathématiques (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let S be a compact connected surface and let f be an element of the group Homeo_0(S) of homeomorphisms of S isotopic to the identity. Denote by ilde{f} a lift of f to the universal cover of S. Fix a fundamental domain D of this universal cover. The homeomorphism f is said to be non-spreading if the sequence (d_{n}/n) converges to 0, where d_{n} is the diameter of ilde{f}^{n}(D). Let us suppose now that the surface S is orientable with a nonempty boundary. We prove that, if S is different from the annulus and from the disc, a homeomorphism is non-spreading if and only if it has conjugates in Homeo_{0}(S) arbitrarily close to the identity. In the case where the surface S is the annulus, we prove that a homeomorphism is non-spreading if and only if it has conjugates in Homeo_{0}(S) arbitrarily close to a rotation (this was already known in most cases by a theorem by B{'e}guin, Crovisier, Le Roux and Patou). We deduce that, for such surfaces S, an element of Homeo_{0}(S) is distorted if and only if it is non-spreading.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.1000

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zbMATH Keywords

homeomorphismtopological dynamicsdistortionconjugacy class

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamics induced by group actions other than (mathbb{Z}) and (mathbb{R}), and (mathbb{C}) (37C85) Transformation groups and semigroups (topological aspects) (54H15)

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