If M and N are Hilbe, t c&Se manifok'~, then M is homeomorphic to N if and only if H(M) is isomorphic to I-I(N), where H(X) denoces the group of homeomorphisms from the space X onto itself under the group operation of composition.
Homotopy types of homeomorphism groups of noncompact 2-manifolds
โ Scribed by Tatsuhiko Yagasaki
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 170 KB
- Volume
- 108
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0166-8641
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โฆ Synopsis
Suppose M is a noncompact connected PL 2-manifold and let H(M) 0 denote the identity component of the homeomorphism group of M with the compact-open topology. In this paper we classify the homotopy type of H(M) 0 by showing that H(M) 0 has the homotopy type of the circle if M is the plane, an open or half open annulus, or the punctured projective plane. In all other cases we show that H(M) 0 is homotopically trivial.
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