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Actions of finitely generated groups on the universal Menger curve
Author(s):
Kazuhiro
Kawamura
Journal:
Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.
130
(2002),
609-611.
MSC (2000):
Primary 57S05, 54F50
Posted:
June 19, 2001
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Abstract:
We prove that every finitely generated group acts effectively on the universal Menger curve.
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Additional Information:
Kazuhiro
Kawamura
Affiliation:
Institute of Mathematics, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571, Japan
Email:
kawamura@math.tsukuba.ac.jp
DOI:
10.1090/S0002-9939-01-06089-0
PII:
S 0002-9939(01)06089-0
Keywords:
The universal Menger curve,
homeomorphism group
Received by editor(s):
February 10, 2000
Received by editor(s) in revised form:
August 8, 2000
Posted:
June 19, 2001
Communicated by:
Alan Dow
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2001,
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