Structure and regularity of group actions on one-manifolds /

Structure and regularity of group actions on one-manifolds /

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Author / Creator:	Kim, Sang-hyun, 1975-
Imprint:	Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2021.
Description:	1 online resource
Language:	English
Series:	Springer monographs in mathematics, 2196-9922 Springer monographs in mathematics,
Subject:	Diffeomorphisms. Manifolds (Mathematics) Diffeomorphisms. Manifolds (Mathematics) Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12874380

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Other authors / contributors:	Koberda, Thomas, 1984- author.
ISBN:	9783030890063 3030890066 3030890058 9783030890056
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 13, 2021).
Summary:	This book presents the theory of optimal and critical regularities of groups of diffeomorphisms, from the classical work of Denjoy and Herman, up through recent advances. Beginning with an investigation of regularity phenomena for single diffeomorphisms, the book goes on to describes a circle of ideas surrounding Filipkiewicz's Theorem, which recovers the smooth structure of a manifold from its full diffeomorphism group. Topics covered include the simplicity of homeomorphism groups, differentiability of continuous Lie group actions, smooth conjugation of diffeomorphism groups, and the reconstruction of spaces from group actions. Various classical and modern tools are developed for controlling the dynamics of general finitely generated group actions on one-dimensional manifolds, subject to regularity bounds, including material on Thompson's group F, nilpotent groups, right-angled Artin groups, chain groups, finitely generated groups with prescribed critical regularities, and applications to foliation theory and the study of mapping class groups. The book will be of interest to researchers in geometric group theory.
Other form:	Original 3030890058 9783030890056
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-030-89006-3

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Denjoy's Theorem and Exceptional Diffeomorphisms of the Circle
3. Full Diffeomorphism Groups Determine the Diffeomorphism Class of a Manifold
4. The C1 and C2 Theory of Diffeomorphism Groups
5. Chain Groups
6. The Slow Progress Lemma
7. Algebraic Obstructions for General Regularities
8. Applications
A. Concave Moduli of Continuity
B. Orderability and Hölder's Theorem
C. The Thurston Stability Theorem
Index.