Vol. 16 (2008)
Articles

Free groups of rotations acting without fixed points on the rational unit sphere

Sebastian Agata
Institute of Mathematics, University of Gdansk, ´ Wita Stwosza 57, 80-952 Gdansk, ´ Poland

Published 2008-04-09

Keywords

  • free groups,
  • orthogonal groups,
  • Axiom of Choice.

How to Cite

Free groups of rotations acting without fixed points on the rational unit sphere. (2008). Scientia Series A: Mathematical Sciences, 16, 109-117. https://revistas.usm.cl/scientia/article/view/115

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to generalize an example of Sato of a free group of rotations of the Euclidean 3-space whose action on the rational unit sphere is fixed point free. Such groups are of interest, as they can be employed to construct paradoxical decompositions of spheres without assuming the Axiom of Choice.

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