Existence and genericity of finite topological generating sets for homeomorphism groups

DOI10.1512/IUMJ.2019.68.7797zbMATH Open1476.58010arXiv1508.04604OpenAlexW1941032792WikidataQ126567035 ScholiaQ126567035MaRDI QIDQ5113787FDOQ5113787

Authors: Azer Akhmedov, Michael P. Cohen 

Publication date: 17 June 2020

Published in: Indiana University Mathematics Journal (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the topological groups $Dif{f}_{+}^1(I)$ and $Dif{f}_{+}^1(mathbb{S}^1)$ of orientation-preserving $C^1$-diffeomorphisms of the interval and the circle, respectively, admit finitely generated dense subgroups. We also investigate the question of genericity (in the sense of Baire category) of such finite topological generating sets in related groups. We show that the generic pair of elements in the homeomorphism group $Home{o}_{+}(I)$ generate a dense subgroup of $Home{o}_{+}(I)$. By contrast, if $M$ is any compact connected manifold with boundary other than the interval, we observe that an open dense set of pairs from the associated boundary-fixing homeomorphism group $Homeo(M,partialM)$ will generate a discrete subgroup. We make similar observations for homeomorphism groups of manifolds without boundary including $mathbb{S}^1$.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.04604

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Groups of diffeomorphisms and homeomorphisms as manifolds (58D05)

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