{"title":"Minimal homeomorphisms and topological $K$-theory","authors":"R. Deeley, I. Putnam, Karen R. Strung","doi":"10.4171/ggd/707","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The Lefschetz fixed point theorem provides a powerful obstruction to the existence of minimal homeomorphisms on well-behaved spaces such as finite CW-complexes. We show that these obstructions do not hold for more general spaces. More precisely, minimal homeomorphisms are constructed on space with prescribed $K$-theory or cohomology. We also allow for some control of the map on $K$-theory and cohomology induced from these minimal homeomorphisms. This allows for the construction of many minimal homeomorphisms that are not homotopic to the identity. Applications to $C^*$-algebras will be discussed in another paper.","PeriodicalId":55084,"journal":{"name":"Groups Geometry and Dynamics","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2020-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Groups Geometry and Dynamics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4171/ggd/707","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The Lefschetz fixed point theorem provides a powerful obstruction to the existence of minimal homeomorphisms on well-behaved spaces such as finite CW-complexes. We show that these obstructions do not hold for more general spaces. More precisely, minimal homeomorphisms are constructed on space with prescribed $K$-theory or cohomology. We also allow for some control of the map on $K$-theory and cohomology induced from these minimal homeomorphisms. This allows for the construction of many minimal homeomorphisms that are not homotopic to the identity. Applications to $C^*$-algebras will be discussed in another paper.
期刊介绍:
Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics is devoted to publication of research articles that focus on groups or group actions as well as articles in other areas of mathematics in which groups or group actions are used as a main tool. The journal covers all topics of modern group theory with preference given to geometric, asymptotic and combinatorial group theory, dynamics of group actions, probabilistic and analytical methods, interaction with ergodic theory and operator algebras, and other related fields.
Topics covered include:
geometric group theory;
asymptotic group theory;
combinatorial group theory;
probabilities on groups;
computational aspects and complexity;
harmonic and functional analysis on groups, free probability;
ergodic theory of group actions;
cohomology of groups and exotic cohomologies;
groups and low-dimensional topology;
group actions on trees, buildings, rooted trees.