Diffeomorphisms of manifolds with finite fundamental group
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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.References
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Additional Information
- © Copyright 1994 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 31 (1994), 50-53
- MSC: Primary 57R50; Secondary 55P62, 57R52, 57R67, 57S05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0273-0979-1994-00496-3
- MathSciNet review: 1249354