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

DOI10.1007/s00031-011-9130-0zbMath1234.57038arXiv0912.2877OpenAlexW3103249389MaRDI QIDQ649071

Jiayong Li, Jordan Alan Watts

Publication date: 30 November 2011

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

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

zbMATH Keywords

rotation groupdiffeomorphism group of 2-spheresmooth deformation retract

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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