The orientation-preserving diffeomorphism group of S^2 deforms to SO(3) smoothly

DOI10.1007/S00031-011-9130-0zbMATH Open1234.57038arXiv0912.2877OpenAlexW3103249389MaRDI QIDQ649071FDOQ649071

Authors: Jiayong Li, Jordan Watts 

Publication date: 30 November 2011

Published in: Transformation Groups (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Smale proved that the orientation-preserving diffeomorphism group of S^2 has a continuous strong deformation retraction to SO(3). In this paper, we construct such a strong deformation retraction which is diffeologically smooth.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0912.2877

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zbMATH Keywords

rotation groupdiffeomorphism group of 2-spheresmooth deformation retract

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological properties of groups of homeomorphisms or diffeomorphisms (57S05) Differential topological aspects of diffeomorphisms (57R50) Isotopy in differential topology (57R52)

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