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On the Perfectness of Nontransitive Groups of Diffeomorphisms

Differential Geometry 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

It is proven that the identity component of the group preserving the leaves of a generalized foliation is perfect. This shows that a well-known simplicity theorem on the diffeomorphism group extends to the nontransitive case.

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@article{arxiv.math/9902095,
  title  = {On the Perfectness of Nontransitive Groups of Diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Stefan Haller and Tomasz Rybicki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9902095},
  year   = {2007}
}

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16 pages