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Conjugation-invariant norms on groups of geometric origin

Group Theory 2011-02-01 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

A group is said to be bounded if it has a finite diameter with respect to any bi-invariant metric. In the present paper we discuss boundedness of various groups of diffeomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.0710.1412,
  title  = {Conjugation-invariant norms on groups of geometric origin},
  author = {D. Burago and S. Ivanov and L. Polterovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.1412},
  year   = {2011}
}

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31 pages