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Probabilistic Tits alternative for circle diffeomorphisms

Group Theory 2025-02-18 v2 Dynamical Systems Probability

Abstract

Let μ1,μ2\mu_1, \mu_2 be probability measures on Diff+1(S1)\mathrm{Diff}^1_+(S^1) satisfying a suitable moment condition and such that their supports genererate discrete groups acting proximally on S1S^1. Let (fωn)nN,(fωn)nN(f^n_\omega)_{n \in \mathbb{N}}, (f^n_{\omega'})_{n \in \mathbb{N}} be two independent realizations of the random walk driven by μ1,μ2\mu_1, \mu_2 respectively. We show that almost surely there is an NNN \in \mathbb{N} such that for all nNn \geq N the elements fωn,fωnf^n_\omega, f^n_{\omega'} generate a nonabelian free group. The proof is inspired by the strategy by R. Aoun for linear groups and uses work of A. Gorodetski, V. Kleptsyn and G. Monakov, and of P. Barrientos and D. Malicet. A weaker (and easier) statement holds for measures supported on Homeo+(S1)\mathrm{Homeo}_+(S^1) with no moment conditions.

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@article{arxiv.2412.08779,
  title  = {Probabilistic Tits alternative for circle diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Martín Gilabert Vio},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.08779},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

15 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor corrections, the conditions on the measure in Theorem A are now weaker

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