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Incomparable actions of free groups

Logic 2020-02-25 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Suppose that XX is a Polish space, EE is a countable Borel equivalence relation on XX, and μ\mu is an EE-invariant Borel probability measure on XX. We consider the circumstances under which for every countable non-abelian free group Γ\Gamma, there is a Borel sequence (r)rR(\cdot_r)_{r \in \mathbb{R}} of free actions of Γ\Gamma on XX, generating subequivalence relations ErE_r of EE with respect to which μ\mu is ergodic, with the further property that (Er)rR(E_r)_{r \in \mathbb{R}} is an increasing sequence of relations which are pairwise incomparable under μ\mu-reducibility. In particular, we show that if EE satisfies a natural separability condition, then this is the case as long as there exists a free Borel action of a countable non-abelian free group on XX, generating a subequivalence relation of EE with respect to which μ\mu is ergodic.

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@article{arxiv.2002.09651,
  title  = {Incomparable actions of free groups},
  author = {Clinton T. Conley and Benjamin D. Miller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2002.09651},
  year   = {2020}
}
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