The Descriptive Set Theory of Polish Group Actions

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-57605-5
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 232, 148 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 231 g

Reihe: London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series

In this book the authors present their research into the foundations of the theory of Polish groups and the associated orbit equivalence relations. The particular case of locally compact groups has long been studied in many areas of mathematics. Non-locally compact Polish groups occur naturally as groups of symmetries in such areas as logic (especially model theory), ergodic theory, group representations, and operator algebras. Some of the topics covered here are: topological realizations of Borel measurable actions; universal actions; applications to invariant measures; actions of the infinite symmetric group in connection with model theory (logic actions); dichotomies for orbit spaces (including Silver, Glimm-Effros type dichotomies and the topological Vaught conjecture); descriptive complexity of orbit equivalence relations; definable cardinality of orbit spaces.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Becker, Howard

Kechris, Alexander S.

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Grundlagen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Descriptive set theory; 1. Polish groups; 2. Actions of polish groups; 3. Equivalence relations; 4. Invariant measures and paradoxical decompositions; 5. Better topologies; 6. Model theory and the Vaught conjecture; 7. Actions with Borel orbit equivalence relations; 8. Definable cardinality; References.