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Decomposition theorems for groups of diffeomorphisms in the sphere

Author(s): R. de la Llave; R. Obaya
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 352 (2000), 1005-1020.
MSC (1991): Primary 58D05, 57S25, 57S05
Posted: May 20, 1999
MathSciNet review: 1608297
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Abstract: We study the algebraic structure of several groups of differentiable diffeomorphisms in $\mathbf{S}^n$. We show that any given sufficiently smooth diffeomorphism can be written as the composition of a finite number of diffeomorphisms which are symmetric under reflection, essentially one-dimensional and about as differentiable as the given one.


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Additional Information:

R. de la Llave
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712
Email: llave@math.utexas.edu

R. Obaya
Affiliation: Departamento Matemática Aplicada a la Ingeniería, Escuela Superior de Ingenieros Industriales, Universidad de Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain
Email: rafoba@wmatem.eis.uva.es

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02320-X
PII: S 0002-9947(99)02320-X
Keywords: Decomposition theorems, diffeomorphism groups
Received by editor(s): October 24, 1997
Posted: May 20, 1999
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society




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