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Quasi-morphisms and L^p-metrics on groups of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms

Geometric Topology 2012-09-04 v2 Differential Geometry Group Theory

Abstract

Let M be a smooth compact connected oriented manifold of dimension at least two endowed with a volume form. We show that every homogeneous quasi-morphism on the identity component Diff0(M,vol)Diff_0(M,vol) of the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms of M, which is induced by a quasi-morphism on the fundamental group, is Lipschitz with respect to the L^p-metric on the group Diff0(M,vol)Diff_0(M,vol). As a consequence, assuming certain conditions on the fundamental group, we construct bi-Lipschitz embeddings of finite dimensional vector spaces into Diff0(M,vol)Diff_0(M,vol).

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@article{arxiv.1110.3353,
  title  = {Quasi-morphisms and L^p-metrics on groups of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Michael Brandenbursky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3353},
  year   = {2012}
}

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