Area preserving group actions on surfaces
Dynamical Systems
2014-11-11 v3
Abstract
Suppose G is an almost simple group containing a subgroup isomorphic to the three-dimensional integer Heisenberg group. For example any finite index subgroup of SL(3,Z) is such a group. The main result of this paper is that every action of G on a closed oriented surface by area preserving diffeomorphisms factors through a finite group.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0203159,
title = {Area preserving group actions on surfaces},
author = {John Franks and Michael Handel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0203159},
year = {2014}
}
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Published by Geometry and Topology at http://www.maths.warwick.ac.uk/gt/GTVol7/paper21.abs.html