Commutators of diffeomorphisms of a manifold with boundary
Tomasz Rybicki
Annales Polonici Mathematici, Tome 69 (1998), p. 199-210 / Harvested from The Polish Digital Mathematics Library
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A well known theorem of Herman-Thurston states that the identity component of the group of diffeomorphisms of a boundaryless manifold is perfect and simple. We generalize this result to manifolds with boundary. Remarks on Cr-diffeomorphisms are included.

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Tomasz Rybicki. Commutators of diffeomorphisms of a manifold with boundary. Annales Polonici Mathematici, Tome 69 (1998) pp. 199-210. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-apmv68z3p199bwm/

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