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Topological dynamics of kaleidoscopic groups

Dynamical Systems 2023-02-06 v2 Logic

Abstract

Kaleidoscopic groups are a class of permutation groups recently introduced by Duchesne, Monod, and Wesolek. Starting with a permutation group Γ\Gamma, the kaleidoscopic construction produces another permutation group K(Γ)\mathcal{K}(\Gamma) which acts on a Wa\.{z}ewski dendrite (a densely branching tree-like compact space). In this paper, we study how the topological dynamics of K(Γ)\mathcal{K}(\Gamma) can be expressed in terms of the one of Γ\Gamma, when the group Γ\Gamma is transitive. By proving a Ramsey theorem for decorated rooted trees, we show that the universal minimal flow (UMF) of K(Γ)\mathcal{K}(\Gamma) is metrizable iff Γ\Gamma is oligomorphic and the UMF of Γ\Gamma is metrizable. More generally, we give concrete calculations, in an appropriate model-theoretic framework, of the UMF of K(Γ)\mathcal{K}(\Gamma) when the UMF of a point stabilizer Γc\Gamma_c has a comeager orbit. Our results also give a large class of examples of non-metrizable UMFs with a comeager orbit. These results extend previous work of Kwiatkowska and Duchesne about the full homeomorphism groups.

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@article{arxiv.2209.02607,
  title  = {Topological dynamics of kaleidoscopic groups},
  author = {Gianluca Basso and Todor Tsankov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02607},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

38 pages, 1 figure. Minor corrections. Version accepted for publication in Advances in Mathematics

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