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Reversibility in the diffeomorphism group of the real line

Dynamical Systems 2014-02-11 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

An element of a group is said to be reversible if it is conjugate to its inverse. We characterise the reversible elements in the group of diffeomorphisms of the real line, and in the subgroup of order preserving diffeomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.0811.3597,
  title  = {Reversibility in the diffeomorphism group of the real line},
  author = {Anthony G. O'Farrell and Ian Short},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0811.3597},
  year   = {2014}
}

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11 pages, 3 figures