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Surface groups of diffeomorphisms of the interval

Geometric Topology 2017-09-14 v3 Dynamical Systems Group Theory Metric Geometry

Abstract

We prove that the group of diffeomorphisms of the interval [0,1][0,1] contains surface groups whose action on (0,1)(0,1) has no global fix point, is topologically transitive, and such that only countably many points of the interval (0,1)(0,1) have non-trivial stabiliser.

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@article{arxiv.1701.09019,
  title  = {Surface groups of diffeomorphisms of the interval},
  author = {Ludovic Marquis and Juan Souto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.09019},
  year   = {2017}
}

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15 pages. Final Version accepted for publication

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