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Dense orderings in the space of left-orderings of a group

Group Theory 2020-04-29 v1

Abstract

Every left-invariant ordering of a group is either discrete, meaning there is a least element greater than the identity, or dense. Corresponding to this dichotomy, the spaces of left, Conradian, and bi-orderings of a group are naturally partitioned into two subsets. This note investigates the structure of this partition, specifically the set of dense orderings of a group and its closure within the space of orderings. We show that for bi-orderable groups this closure will always contain the space of Conradian orderings---and often much more. In particular, the closure of the set of dense orderings of the free group is the entire space of left-orderings.

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@article{arxiv.1904.09045,
  title  = {Dense orderings in the space of left-orderings of a group},
  author = {Adam Clay and Tessa Reimer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.09045},
  year   = {2020}
}

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12 pages, 2 figures