Global rigidity of solvable group actions on S1

Burslem, Lizzie¹ ; Wilkinson, Amie²

¹ Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, 2074 East Hall, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1109 USA
² Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, 2033 Sheridan Road, Evanston, Illinois 60208-2730 USA

Geometry & topology, Tome 8 (2004) no. 2, pp. 877-924.

Résumé

In this paper we find all solvable subgroups of ${Diff}^{\omega }\left(S^1\right)$ and classify their actions. We also investigate the $C^r$ local rigidity of actions of the solvable Baumslag–Solitar groups on the circle.

The investigation leads to two novel phenomena in the study of infinite group actions on compact manifolds. We exhibit a finitely generated group $\Gamma$ and a manifold $M$ such that

(i) $\Gamma$ has exactly countably infinitely many effective real-analytic actions on $M$, up to conjugacy in ${Diff}^{\omega }\left(M\right)$;

(ii) every effective, real analytic action of $\Gamma$ on $M$ is $C^r$ locally rigid, for some $r\ge 3$, and for every such $r$, there are infinitely many nonconjugate, effective real-analytic actions of $\Gamma$ on $M$ that are $C^r$ locally rigid, but not $C^{r-1}$ locally rigid.

Détail

DOI : 10.2140/gt.2004.8.877

Keywords: group action, solvable group, rigidity, $\mathrm{Diff}^{\omega}(S^1)$

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