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Let $\Gamma_A$ denote the abelian-by-cyclic group associated to an integer-valued, non-singular matrix $A$. We show that if $A$ has no eigenvalues of modulus one, then there are no faithful $C^1$ perturbations of the trivial action $ \iota:…

In this article, we determine, given a finite graph $\Gamma$ and an integer $n \geq 1$, when a right-angled Artin group $A(\Gamma)$ virtually splits over an abelian subgroup of rank $n$. More precisely, we show that the following assertions…

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Let G be an affine algebraic group and let X be an affine algebraic variety. An action $G\times X \to X$ is called observable if for any G-invariant, proper, closed subset Y of X there is a nonzero invariant $f\in K[X]^G$ such that f(Y) =0.…

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Consider the action of $GL(n,\mathbb{Q_p})$ on the $p$-adic unit sphere $\mathcal{S}_n$ arising from the linear action on $\mathbb{Q}_p^n\setminus\{0\}$. We show that for the action of a semigroup $\mathfrak{S}$ of $GL(n,\mathbb{Q}_p)$ on…