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On the isometry group of the Urysohn space

Group Theory 2014-02-26 v3 Logic Metric Geometry

Abstract

We give a general criterion for the (bounded) simplicity of the automorphism groups of certain countable structures and apply it to show that the isometry group of the Urysohn space modulo the normal subgroup of bounded isometries is a simple group.

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@article{arxiv.1109.3811,
  title  = {On the isometry group of the Urysohn space},
  author = {Katrin Tent and Martin Ziegler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.3811},
  year   = {2014}
}