Groups of fast homeomorphisms of the interval and the ping-pong argument

DOI10.4171/JCA/25MaRDI QIDQ6282546arXivWikidataFDO

Authors Collin Bleak, Matthew G. Brin, Martin Kassabov, Justin Tatch Moore, Matthew C. B. Zaremsky

Publication date 28 January 2017

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Subgroup theorems; subgroup growth (20E07) General structure theorems for groups (20E34) General theory for infinite permutation groups (20B07)

Abstract: We adapt the Ping-Pong Lemma, which historically was used to study free products of groups, to the setting of the homeomorphism group of the unit interval. As a consequence, we isolate a large class of generating sets for subgroups of $mathrm{Homeo}_{+}(I)$ for which certain finite dynamical data can be used to determine the marked isomorphism type of the groups which they generate. As a corollary, we will obtain a criteria for embedding subgroups of $mathrm{Homeo}_{+}(I)$ into Richard Thompson's group $F$. In particular, every member of our class of generating sets generates a group which embeds into $F$ and in particular is not a free product. An analogous abstract theory is also developed for groups of permutations of an infinite set.

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