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On homeomorphism groups of non-compact surfaces, endowed with the Whitney topology

Geometric Topology 2014-12-04 v2 General Topology Group Theory

Abstract

We prove that for any non-compact connected surface MM the group Hc(M)H_c(M) of compactly suported homeomorphisms of MM endowed with the Whitney topology is homeomorphic to R×l2R^\infty\times l_2 or Z×R×l2Z\times R^\infty\times l_2.

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@article{arxiv.1004.3015,
  title  = {On homeomorphism groups of non-compact surfaces, endowed with the Whitney topology},
  author = {Taras Banakh and Kotaro Mine and Katsuro Sakai and Tatsuhiko Yagasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.3015},
  year   = {2014}
}

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10 pages