Direct limits of infinite-dimensional Carnot groups

Authors

  • Terhi Moisala
  • Enrico Pasqualetto

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-132062

Abstract

We give a construction of direct limits in the category of complete metric scalable groups and provide sufficient conditions for the limit to be an infinite-dimensional Carnot group. We also prove a Rademacher-type theorem for such limits.

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Published

2022-06-11

How to Cite

Moisala, T., & Pasqualetto, E. (2022). Direct limits of infinite-dimensional Carnot groups. MATHEMATICA SCANDINAVICA, 128(2). https://doi.org/10.7146/math.scand.a-132062

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