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Boundedness of diffeomorphism groups of manifold pairs -- Circle case --

Geometric Topology 2025-01-22 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

In this paper we study boundedness of conjugation invariant norms on diffeomorphism groups of manifold pairs. For the diffeomorphism group DDiff(M,N)0{\mathcal D} \equiv {\rm Diff}(M,N)_0 of a closed manifold pair (M,N)(M, N) with dimN1\dim N \geq 1, first we clarify the relation among the fragmentation norm, the conjugation generated norm, the commutator length clcl and the commutator length with support in balls clbclb and show that D{\mathcal D} is weakly simple relative to a union of some normal subgroups of D{\mathcal D}. For the boundedness of these norms, this paper focuses on the case where NN is a union of mm circles. In this case, the rotation angle on NN induces a quasimorphism ν:Isot(M,N)0Rm\nu : {\rm Isot}(M, N)_0 \to {\Bbb R}^m, which determines a subgroup AA of Zm{\Bbb Z}^m and a function ν^:DRm/A\widehat{\nu} : {\mathcal D} \to {\Bbb R}^m/A. If rankA=m{\rm rank}\,A = m, these data leads to an upper bound of clbclb on D{\mathcal D} modulo the normal subgroup GDiffc(MN)0{\mathcal G} \cong {\rm Diff}_c(M - N)_0. Then, some upper bounds of clcl and clbclb on D{\mathcal D} are obtained from those on G{\mathcal G}. As a consequence, the group D{\mathcal D} is uniformly weakly simple and bounded when dimM2,4\dim M \neq 2,4. On the other hand, if rankA<m{\rm rank}\,A < m, then the group D{\mathcal D} admits a surjective quasimorphism, so it is unbounded and not uniformly perfect. We examine the group AA in some explicit examples.

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@article{arxiv.2501.11363,
  title  = {Boundedness of diffeomorphism groups of manifold pairs -- Circle case --},
  author = {Kazuhiko Fukui and Tatsuhiko Yagasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.11363},
  year   = {2025}
}

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34 pages