Twisted conjugacy classes in Lie groups

We consider twisted conjugacy classes of continuous automorphisms $φ$ of a Lie group $G$. We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition on $φ$ for its Reidemeister number, the number of twisted conjugacy classes, to be infinite when $G$ is connected and solvable or compactly generated and nilpotent. We also show for a general connected Lie group $G$ that the number of conjugacy classes is infinite. We prove that for a connected non-nilpotent Lie group $G$, there exists $n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that Reidemeister number of $φ^n$ is infinite for every $φ$. We say that $G$ has topological $R_\infty$-property if the Reidemeister number of every $φ$ is infinite. We obtain conditions on a connected solvable Lie group under which it has topological $R_\infty$-property; which, in particular, enables us to prove that the group of invertible $n\times n$ upper triangular real matrices has this property for every $n\ge 2$. We show that $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$ and $\mathrm{GL}(2,\mathbb{R})$ have topological $R_\infty$-property, and construct many examples of connected Lie groups with this property.

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Twisted conjugacy classes in Lie groups

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Abstract

We consider twisted conjugacy classes of continuous automorphisms $φ$ of a Lie group $G$. We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition on $φ$ for its Reidemeister number, the number of twisted conjugacy classes, to be infinite when $G$ is connected and solvable or compactly generated and nilpotent. We also show for a general connected Lie group $G$ that the number of conjugacy classes is infinite. We prove that for a connected non-nilpotent Lie group $G$, there exists $n\in\mathbb{N}$ such that Reidemeister number of $φ^n$ is infinite for every $φ$. We say that $G$ has topological $R_\infty$-property if the Reidemeister number of every $φ$ is infinite. We obtain conditions on a connected solvable Lie group under which it has topological $R_\infty$-property; which, in particular, enables us to prove that the group of invertible $n\times n$ upper triangular real matrices has this property for every $n\ge 2$. We show that $\mathrm{SL}(2,\mathbb{R})$ and $\mathrm{GL}(2,\mathbb{R})$ have topological $R_\infty$-property, and construct many examples of connected Lie groups with this property.

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