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Generic norms and metrics on countable abelian groups

General Topology 2019-02-28 v3 Group Theory Logic

Abstract

For a countable abelian group GG we investigate generic properties of the space of all invariant metrics on GG. We prove that for every such an unbounded group GG, i.e. group which has elements of arbitrarily high order, there is a dense set of invariant metrics on GG which make GG isometric to the rational Urysohn space, and a comeager set of invariant metrics such that the completion is isometric to the Urysohn space. This generalizes results of Cameron and Vershik, Niemiec, and the author. Then we prove that for every GG such that GNGG\cong \bigoplus_\mathbb{N} G there is a comeager set of invariant metrics on GG such that all of them give rise to the same metric group after completion. If moreover GG is unbounded, then using a result of Melleray and Tsankov we get that the completion is extremely amenable.

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@article{arxiv.1605.06323,
  title  = {Generic norms and metrics on countable abelian groups},
  author = {Michal Doucha},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.06323},
  year   = {2019}
}

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Final version, to appear in Monatshefte f\"ur Mathematik

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