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Stabilizers of closed sets in the Urysohn space

Metric Geometry 2007-05-23 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Answering a question of Gao and Kechris, we show that, given any polish group G, there exists a closed subset F of Urysohn's universal metric space U such that G is (topologically) isomorphic to the subgroup of isometries of U which map F onto itself.

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@article{arxiv.math/0502420,
  title  = {Stabilizers of closed sets in the Urysohn space},
  author = {Julien Melleray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0502420},
  year   = {2007}
}