The compact-open topology on the diffeomorphism or homeomorphism group of a smooth manifold without boundary is minimal in almost all dimensions

arXiv2303.11227MaRDI QIDQ6509247FDOQ6509247

Authors: Javier de la Nuez González 

Abstract: We show that for any connected smooth manifold $M$ of dimension different from $3$ the restriction of the compact-open topology to the diffeomorphism group of $M$ is minimal, i.e. the group does not admit a strictly coarser Hausdorff group topology. This implies the minimality of the compact-open topology on the homeomorphism group of $M$ in all dimensions different from $3$ and $4$. In those cases for which in addition to all of this automatic continuity is known to hold, such as when $M$ is closed, one can conclude that the compact-open topology is the unique separable Hausdorff group topology on the homeomorphism group.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential topology (57Rxx) Topological transformation groups (57Sxx)

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