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The Structure of $\kappa$-Maximal Cofinitary Groups

Logic 2021-04-09 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

We study κ\kappa-maximal cofinitary groups for κ\kappa regular uncountable, κ=κ<κ\kappa = \kappa^{<\kappa}. Revisiting earlier work of Kastermans and building upon a recently obtained higher analogue of Bell's theorem, we show that: 1. Any κ\kappa-maximal cofinitary group has <κ{<}\kappa many orbits under the natural group action of S(κ)S(\kappa) on κ\kappa. 2. If p(κ)=2κ\mathfrak{p}(\kappa) = 2^\kappa then any partition of κ\kappa into less than κ\kappa many sets can be realized as the orbits of a κ\kappa-maximal cofinitary group. 3. For any regular λ>κ\lambda > \kappa it is consistent that there is a κ\kappa-maximal cofinitary group which is universal for groups of size <2κ=λ{<}2^\kappa = \lambda. If we only require the group to be universal for groups of size κ\kappa then this follows from p(κ)=2κ\mathfrak{p}(\kappa) = 2^\kappa.

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@article{arxiv.2104.03791,
  title  = {The Structure of $\kappa$-Maximal Cofinitary Groups},
  author = {Vera Fischer and Corey Bacal Switzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.03791},
  year   = {2021}
}

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12 pages

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