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Common transversals for coset spaces of compact groups

Group Theory 2023-09-28 v2 Logic

Abstract

Let GG be a Polish group and let HGH \leq G be a compact subgroup. We prove that there exists a Borel set TGT \subset G which is simultaneously a complete set of coset representatives of left and right cosets, provided that a certain index condition is satisfied. Moreover, we prove that this index condition holds provided that GG is locally compact and G/GG/G^\circ is compact or HH is a compact Lie group. This generalizes a result which is known for discrete groups under various finiteness assumptions, but is known to fail for general inclusions of infinite groups. As an application, we prove that Bohr closed subgroups of countable, discrete groups admit common transversals.

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@article{arxiv.2305.02612,
  title  = {Common transversals for coset spaces of compact groups},
  author = {Hiroshi Ando and Andreas Thom},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.02612},
  year   = {2023}
}

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18 pages v2 Added references and corrected typos

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