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On surjectively universal Polish groups

Logic 2011-09-13 v1

Abstract

A Polish group is surjectively universal if it can be continuously homomorphically mapped onto every Polish group. Making use of a type of new metrics on free groups \cite{DG}, we prove the existence of surjectively universal Polish groups, answering in the positive a question of Kechris. In fact, we give several examples of surjectively universal Polish groups. We find a sufficient condition to guarantee that the new metrics on free groups can be computed directly. We also compare this condition with CLI groups.

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@article{arxiv.1109.2283,
  title  = {On surjectively universal Polish groups},
  author = {Longyun Ding},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2283},
  year   = {2011}
}

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21 pages, submitted

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