Torsion subgroups of the homeomorphism groups of products of long line

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2011.03.009MaRDI QIDQ549132zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Veerendra Vikram Awasthi, Parameswaran Sankaran

Publication date 7 July 2011

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0904.0073

zbMATH Keywords

homeomorphism groupslong linetorsion subgroups

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Extensions of spaces (compactifications, supercompactifications, completions, etc.) (54D35) Finite groups of transformations in algebraic topology (including Smith theory) (55M35) Topological transformation groups (57S99)

Abstract: In this note we shall prove that the Stone-v{C}ech compactification of $mathcal{L}^n$ is the space $$ where $$ is the extended long line, namely, $mathcalL$ together with its ends $pmOmega$. We give a similar description for the Stone-v{C}ech compactification of the cartesian power of the semi-closed half-long line $mathcal{L}_{+}$. As an application we show that any torsion subgroup of the group of all homeomorphisms of $c{j}^n$ (resp. $c{l}^n$) is isomorphic to a subgroup of the symmetric group $S_n$ (resp. the semidirect product $$).

Review text

For any space \(X\) let \(\text{H}(X)\) be the group of autohomeomorphisms of \(X\). Consider the set \(L_+=[0,1)\times\omega_1\) with the lexicographic order topology and let \(L_-\) be the same set with its topology induced by the reversed order. Then \(u=(0,0)\) is the smallest element of \(L_+\); denote by \(u'\) the largest element of \(L_-\). The long line \(L\) is the space \(L_+\oplus L_-\) in which the points \(u\) and \(u'\) are identified. Let \(D\) be the set \(\{0,1\}\) with the natural group operations. The symmetric group \(S_n\) acts on \(D^n\) by permuting the coordinates. Let \(G_n\) be the respective semi-direct product of \(D\) and \(S_n\). The authors prove, among other things, that if \(T\) is a subgroup of the group \(\text{H}(L^n)\) (or \(\text{H}(L_+^n)\)) and every \(t\in T\) has a finite order then \(T\) is isomorphic to a subgroup of \(G_n\) (to a subgroup of \(S_n\) respectively).

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