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Continuous isomorphisms between groups definable in o-minimal expansions of the real field

Logic 2025-02-27 v5

Abstract

In this paper we study the relation between the category of real Lie groups and that of groups definable in o-minimal expansions of the real field, which we will refer to as ``definable groups''. With this terminology, it is known (\cite{Pi88}) that any definable group is a Lie group, and in \cite{COP} a complete characterization of when a Lie group is \emph{Lie isomorphic} to a definable group'' was given. We continue the analysis by explaining when a Lie isomorphism between definable groups is definable. Among other things, we generalize Wilkie's result on the o-minimality of the exponential function (\cite{Wilkie}) by completely characterizing when, given an o-minimal expansion R\mathcal R of the real field and a Lie isomorphisms ϕ\phi between two R\mathcal R-definable groups G1,G2G_1, G_2, ϕ\phi can be added to the language of R\mathcal R preserving o-minimality. We also prove that any definable group GG can be endowed with an analytic manifold structure definable in RPfaff\mathcal R_{\text{Pfaff}} that makes it an analytic group.

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@article{arxiv.2302.04251,
  title  = {Continuous isomorphisms between groups definable in o-minimal expansions of the real field},
  author = {Alf Onshuus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.04251},
  year   = {2025}
}