Holomorphic Approximation for Real Diffeomorphism Groups

Abstract

We show that every diffeomorphism of ${\mathbb{R}}^n$ for $n\ge 2$ can be approximated by an automorphism of ${\mathbb{C}}^n$ in the Whitney $C^k$-topology for any positive integer $k$ using the notion of density property. More precisely we find sufficient conditions for this holomorphic approximation of diffeomorphisms to hold and prove that the split real forms of most linear algebraic groups satisfy these conditions. In the same manner we also show holomorphic approximations of volume-preserving diffeomorphisms for the split real forms of linear algebraic groups equipped with the left-invariant volume form.