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Invariant percolation and measured theory of nonamenable groups

Group Theory 2013-01-28 v1 Dynamical Systems Operator Algebras Probability

Abstract

Using percolation techniques, Gaboriau and Lyons recently proved that every countable, discrete, nonamenable group Γ\Gamma contains measurably the free group F2\mathbf F_2 on two generators: there exists a probability measure-preserving, essentially free, ergodic action of F2\mathbf F_2 on ([0,1]Γ,λΓ)([0, 1]^\Gamma, \lambda^\Gamma) such that almost every Γ\Gamma-orbit of the Bernoulli shift splits into F2\mathbf F_2-orbits. A combination of this result and works of Ioana and Epstein shows that every countable, discrete, nonamenable group admits uncountably many non-orbit equivalent actions.

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@article{arxiv.1106.5337,
  title  = {Invariant percolation and measured theory of nonamenable groups},
  author = {Cyril Houdayer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.5337},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Bourbaki seminar, 33 pages