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Every continuous action of a compact group on a uniquely arcwise connected continuum has a fixed point

Dynamical Systems 2017-12-25 v3

Abstract

We are dealing with the question whether every group or semigroup action (with some additional property) on a continuum (with some additional property) has a fixed point. One of such results was given in 2009 by Shi and Sun. They proved that every nilpotent group action on a uniquely arcwise connected continuum has a fixed point. We are seeking for this type of results with e.g. commutative, compact or torsion groups and semigroups acting on dendrites, dendroids, λ\lambda-dendroids and uniquely arcwise connected continua. We prove that every continuous action of a compact or torsion group on a uniquely arcwise connected continuum has a fixed point. We also prove that every continuous action of a compact and commutative semigroup on a uniquely arcwise connected continuum or on a tree-like continuum has a fixed point.

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@article{arxiv.1709.00852,
  title  = {Every continuous action of a compact group on a uniquely arcwise connected continuum has a fixed point},
  author = {Benjamin Vejnar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.00852},
  year   = {2017}
}
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