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On the centralizer of diffeomorphisms of the half-line

Dynamical Systems 2008-11-10 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

Let f be a smooth diffeomorphism of the half-line fixing only the origin and Z^r its centralizer in the group of C^r diffeomorphisms. According to well-known results of Szekeres and Kopell, Z^1 is a one-parameter group. On the other hand, Sergeraert constructed an f whose centralizer Z^r, 2r2\le r\le \infty, reduces to the group generated by f. We show that Z^r can actually be a proper dense and uncountable subgroup of Z^1 and that this phenomenon is not scarce.

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@article{arxiv.0811.1173,
  title  = {On the centralizer of diffeomorphisms of the half-line},
  author = {Hélène Eynard},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.1173},
  year   = {2008}
}

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16 pages, 5 figures