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Uniform Finite Generation of the Isometry Groups of Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Franklin Lowenthal
Franklin Lowenthal*
Affiliation:
University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
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A connected Lie group H is generated by a pair of oneparameter subgroups if every element of H can be written as a finite product of elements chosen alternately from the two one-parameter subgroups. If, moreover, there exists a positive integer n such that every element of H possesses such a representation of length at most n, then H is said to be uniformly finitely generated by the pair of one-parameter subgroups. In this case, define the order of generation of H as the least such n; otherwise define it as infinity.

For the isometry group of the spherical geometry, or equivalently for the rotation group SO(3), the order of generation is always finite.

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Research Article
Information
Canadian Journal of Mathematics , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 1971 , pp. 364 - 373
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1971

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