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Which groups act distally?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Herbert Abels
Herbert Abels
Affiliation:
Fakultät für Mathematik, Universität Bielefeld, D-48 Bielefeld 1, West Germany
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Abstract

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The following question is discussed: which locally compact topological groups have an effective distal action on some compact metrizable space?

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Research Article
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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 3 , Issue 2 , June 1983 , pp. 167 - 185
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1983

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