Realization problems for diffeomorphism groups

MaRDI QIDQ5136670zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Kathryn Mann, Bena Tshishiku

Publication date 27 November 2020

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1802.00490

zbMATH Keywords

mapping class groupNielsen realization problemssectionsubgroupsurvey

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Homology of classifying spaces and characteristic classes in algebraic topology (55R40) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to manifolds and cell complexes (57-02) Group actions on manifolds and cell complexes in low dimensions (57M60) Algebraic topology on manifolds and differential topology (57R19) Topological properties of groups of homeomorphisms or diffeomorphisms (57S05) Groups acting on specific manifolds (57S25)

Abstract: We discuss recent results and open questions on the broad theme of (Nielsen) realization problems. Beyond realizing subgroups of mapping class groups, there are many other natural instances where one can ask if a surjection from a group of diffeomorphisms of a manifold to another group admits a section over particular subgroups. This survey includes many open problems, and some short proofs of new results that are illustrative of key techniques; drawing attention to parallels between problems arising in different areas.

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• Some groups of mapping classes not realized by diffeomorphisms
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• On the nonrealizability of braid groups by homeomorphisms
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