Classification of continuously transitive circle groups

DOI10.2140/GT.2006.10.1319zbMATH Open1126.37025arXiv0903.0180OpenAlexW3105714192MaRDI QIDQ860156FDOQ860156

Authors: James Giblin, Vladimir Markovic 

Publication date: 23 January 2007

Published in: Geometry \& Topology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Let G be a closed transitive subgroup of Homeo(S^1) which contains a non-constant continuous path f: [0,1] --> G. We show that up to conjugation G is one of the following groups: SO(2,R), PSL(2,R), PSL_k(2,R), Homeo_k(S^1), Homeo(S^1). This verifies the classification suggested by Ghys [Enseign. Math. 47 (2001) 329-407]. As a corollary we show that the group PSL(2,R) is a maximal closed subgroup of Homeo(S^1) (we understand this is a conjecture of de la Harpe). We also show that if such a group G < Homeo(S^1) acts continuously transitively on k-tuples of points, k>3, then the closure of G is Homeo(S^1) (cf Bestvina's collection of `Questions in geometric group theory').

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.0180

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zbMATH Keywords

transitive groupcircle groupcyclic coverconvergence group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of general topological groups (22A05) Dynamical systems involving maps of the circle (37E10) Topological groups (topological aspects) (54H11)

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