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

DOI10.4171/JCA/25arXiv1701.08321WikidataQ128467742 ScholiaQ128467742MaRDI QIDQ6282546FDOQ6282546

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

Publication date: 28 January 2017

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.

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)

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