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Compactness of the Automorphism Group of a Topological Parallelism on Real Projective 3-Space

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We conjecture that the automorphism group of a topological parallelism on real projective 3-space is compact. We prove that at least the identity component of this group is, indeed, compact.

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  1. Mathematisches Seminar der Universität, Ludewig-Meyn-Str. 4, 24108, Kiel, Germany

    Dieter Betten

  2. Institut für Analysis und Algebra, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Pockelsstraße 14, 38106, Braunschweig, Germany

    Rainer Löwen

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Betten, D., Löwen, R. Compactness of the Automorphism Group of a Topological Parallelism on Real Projective 3-Space. Results Math 72, 1021–1030 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00025-017-0674-8

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