Ghys's alternative conjecture for diffeomorphism groups

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Let MM be a compact manifold and let Γ\Gamma be a finitely generated group of smooth diffeomorphisms of MM. Ghys's alternative conjecture. Either Γ\Gamma contains a free group on two generators, or Γ\Gamma preserves some measure on MM. This is proposed as a diffeomorphism-group analogue of the Tits alternative; the source gives no resolution.

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David Fisher, “Groups acting on manifolds: around the Zimmer program”, arXiv:0809.4849 (2008).

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