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Diffeomorphisms of manifolds with finite fundamental group

Author(s): Georgia Triantafillou
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 50-53.
MathSciNet review: 1249354
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Abstract: We show that the group $ \mathcal{D}(M)$ of pseudoisotopy classes of diffeomorphisms of a manifold of dimension $ \geq 5$ and of finite fundamental group is commensurable to an arithmetic group. As a result $ {\pi _0}(Diff\,M)$ is a group of finite type.

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DOI: 10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00496-3
PII: S 0273-0979(1994)00496-3
Keywords: Diffeomorphism, isotopy, arithmetic group, homotopy equivalence
Copyright of article: Copyright 1994, American Mathematical Society




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