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On the number of circular orders on a group

Group Theory 2017-04-21 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We give a classification and complete algebraic description of groups allowing only finitely many (left multiplication invariant) circular orders. In particular, they are all solvable groups with a specific semi-direct product decomposition. This allows us to also show that the space of circular orders of any group is either finite or uncountable. As a special case and first step, we show that the space of circular orderings of an infinite Abelian group has no isolated points, hence is homeomorphic to a cantor set.

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@article{arxiv.1704.06242,
  title  = {On the number of circular orders on a group},
  author = {Adam Clay and Kathryn Mann and Cristóbal Rivas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1704.06242},
  year   = {2017}
}

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22 pages