The identity component of the homeomorphism group of a surface is torsion-free except for four exceptional surfaces, and every finitely generated periodic subgroup of the homeomorphism group is finite for all other surfaces and for the circle.
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A note on the Burnside problem for homeomorphism groups of manifolds
The identity component of the homeomorphism group of a surface is torsion-free except for four exceptional surfaces, and every finitely generated periodic subgroup of the homeomorphism group is finite for all other surfaces and for the circle.