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$\R^{n} \rtimes G(n)$ is Algebraically Determined

General Topology 2014-12-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let GG be a Polish (i.e., complete separable metric topological) group. Define GG to be an algebraically determined Polish group if for any Polish group LL and algebraic isomorphism φ:LG\varphi: L \mapsto G, we have that φ\varphi is a topological isomorphism. Let M(n,R)M(n,\R) be the set of n×nn \times n matrices with real coefficients and let the group GG in the above definition be the natural semidirect product RnG(n)\R^{n} \rtimes G(n), where n2n \ge 2 and G(n)G(n) is one of the following groups: either the general linear group GL(n,R)={AM(n,R)  det(A)0}GL(n,\R) = \left\{ A \in M(n,\R) \ | \ \det(A) \ne 0 \right\}, or the special linear group SL(n,R)={AGL(n,R)  det(A)=1}SL(n,\R) = \left\{ A \in GL(n,\R) \ | \ \det(A) = 1 \right\}, or SL(n,R)={AGL(n,R)  det(A)=1}|SL(n,\R)| = \left\{ A \in GL(n,\R) \ | \ |\det(A)| = 1 \right\} or GL+(n,R)={AGL(n,R)  det(A)>0}GL^{+}(n,\R) = \left\{ A \in GL(n,\R) \ | \ \det(A) > 0 \right\}. These groups are of fundamental importance for linear algebra and geometry. The purpose of this paper is to prove that the natural semidirect product RnG(n)\R^{n} \rtimes G(n) is an algebraically determined Polish group. Such a result is not true for \complexesnGL(n,\complexes)\complexes^{n} \rtimes GL(n,\complexes) nor even for R3SO(3,R)\R^{3} \rtimes SO(3,\R). The proof of this result is done in a sequence of steps designed to verify the hypotheses of the road map Theorem 2. A key intermediate result is that φ1(SO(n,R))\varphi^{-1}(SO(n,\R)) is an analytic subgroup of LL for every n2n \ge 2.

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@article{arxiv.1412.6725,
  title  = {$\R^{n} \rtimes G(n)$ is Algebraically Determined},
  author = {We'am M. Al-Tameemi and Robert R. Kallman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.6725},
  year   = {2014}
}

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