On the centralizer of diffeomorphisms of the half-line
Abstract
Let f be a smooth diffeomorphism of the half-line fixing only the origin and Z^r its centralizer in the group of C^r diffeomorphisms. According to well-known results of Szekeres and Kopell, Z^1 is a one-parameter group. On the other hand, Sergeraert constructed an f whose centralizer Z^r, $2\le r\le \infty$, reduces to the group generated by f. We show that Z^r can actually be a proper dense and uncountable subgroup of Z^1 and that this phenomenon is not scarce.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- November 2008
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.0811.1173
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0811.1173
- Bibcode:
- 2008arXiv0811.1173E
- Keywords:
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- Mathematics - Dynamical Systems;
- Mathematics - Geometric Topology;
- 37E05;
- 57R50
- E-Print:
- 16 pages, 5 figures