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Externally definable fsg groups in NIP theories

Logic 2025-07-01 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We show that every fsg group externally definable in an NIP structure is definably isomorphic to a group interpretable in it. Our proof relies on honest definitions and a group chunk result reconstructing a hyper-definable group from its multiplication given generically with respect to a translation invariant definable Keisler measure on it. We obtain related results on externally (type-)definable sets and groups, including a proof of a conjecture of Eleftheriou on fsg groups in real closed valued fields, and a description of externally definable, definably amenable subgroups of definable groups.

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@article{arxiv.2506.23265,
  title  = {Externally definable fsg groups in NIP theories},
  author = {Artem Chernikov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.23265},
  year   = {2025}
}

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72 pages, 2 figures

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