The Steinberg Function of a Finite Lie Algebra.
The aim of the paper is to investigate the structure of disjoint iteration groups on the unit circle , that is, families of homeomorphisms such that and each either is the identity mapping or has no fixed point ( is an arbitrary -divisible nontrivial (i.e., ) abelian group).
We study the group of tame automorphisms of a smooth affine -dimensional quadric, which we can view as the underlying variety of . We construct a square complex on which the group admits a natural cocompact action, and we prove that the complex is and hyperbolic. We propose two applications of this construction: We show that any finite subgroup in is linearizable, and that satisfies the Tits alternative.
We study the structure of the virtual braid group. It is shown that the virtual braid group is a semi-direct product of the virtual pure braid group and the symmetric group. Also, it is shown that the virtual pure braid group is a semi-direct product of free groups. From these results we obtain a normal form of words in the virtual braid group. We introduce the concept of a universal braid group. This group contains the classical braid group and has as quotients the singular braid group, virtual...