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Infinite powers and Cohen reals

General Topology 2019-08-15 v1 Logic

Abstract

We give a consistent example of a zero-dimensional separable metrizable space ZZ such that every homeomorphism of ZωZ^\omega acts like a permutation of the coordinates almost everywhere. Furthermore, this permutation varies continuously. This shows that a result of Dow and Pearl is sharp, and gives some insight into an open problem of Terada. Our example ZZ is simply the set of ω1\omega_1 Cohen reals, viewed as a subspace of 2ω2^\omega.

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@article{arxiv.1705.10983,
  title  = {Infinite powers and Cohen reals},
  author = {Andrea Medini and Jan van Mill and Lyubomyr Zdomskyy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.10983},
  year   = {2019}
}

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9 pages

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