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Finite subgroups of diffeomorphism groups

Group Theory 2014-01-07 v2 Algebraic Geometry Algebraic Topology Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove:(1) the existence, for every integer n > 3, of a noncompact smooth n-dimensional topological manifold whose diffeomorphism group contains an isomorphic copy of every finitely presented group; (2) a finiteness theorem on finite simple subgroups of diffeomorphism groups of compact smooth topological manifolds.

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@article{arxiv.1310.6548,
  title  = {Finite subgroups of diffeomorphism groups},
  author = {Vladimir L. Popov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.6548},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

7 pages. Several minor corrections and updates are made, and the sketch of proof of Theorem 2 is replaced by a complete proof

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