On periodic groups of homeomorphisms of the 2–dimensional sphere

Conejeros, Jonathan

doi:10.2140/agt.2018.18.4093

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On periodic groups of homeomorphisms of the $2$–dimensional sphere

Jonathan Conejeros

Algebraic & Geometric Topology 18 (2018) 4093–4107

DOI: 10.2140/agt.2018.18.4093

Abstract

We prove that every finitely generated group of homeomorphisms of the $2$ –dimensional sphere all of whose elements have a finite order which is a power of $2$ and is such that there exists a uniform bound for the orders of the group elements is finite. We prove a similar result for groups of area-preserving homeomorphisms without the hypothesis that the orders of group elements are powers of $2$ provided there is an element of even order.

Keywords

Burnside problem, surface homeomorphisms, $2$–sphere

Mathematical Subject Classification 2010

Primary: 20F50, 37B05, 37E30, 37E45, 57S25

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Received: 1 December 2017

Revised: 7 June 2018

Accepted: 14 July 2018

Published: 11 December 2018

Authors

Jonathan Conejeros
Departamento de Matemática y Ciencia de la Computación Universidad de Santiago de Chile Santiago Chile

Volume 18, issue 7 (2018)