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Property FW and 1-dimensional piecewise groups

Dynamical Systems 2021-05-11 v2 Group Theory

Abstract

Property FW is a natural combinatorial weakening of Kazhdan's Property T. We prove that the group of piecewise homographic self-transformations of the real projective line, has "few" infinite subgroups with Property FW. In particular, no such subgroup is amenable or has Kazhdan's Property T. These results are extracted from a longer paper. We provide a complete proof, whose main tools are the use of the notion of partial action and of one-dimensional geometric structures.

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@article{arxiv.2003.11389,
  title  = {Property FW and 1-dimensional piecewise groups},
  author = {Yves Cornulier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.11389},
  year   = {2021}
}

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10 pages. v2: expanded introduction

R2 v1 2026-06-23T14:26:48.328Z