Algebraic properties of the group of germs of diffeomorphisms

Abstract: We establish some algebraic properties of the group

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

of germs of analytic diffeomorphisms of

m a t h b b C^{n}

, and its formal completion

w i d e h a t m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

. For instance we describe the commutator of

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

, but also prove that any finitely generated subgroup of

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

is residually finite; we thus obtain some constraints of groups that embed into

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

. We show that

w i d e h a t m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

is an Hopfian group, and that

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

and

w i d e h a t m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C^{n}, 0)

are not co-Hopfian. We end by the description of the automorphisms groups of

w i d e h a t m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C, 0)

, and

m a t h r m D i f f (m a t h b b C, 0)

.

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