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Quasi-invariant measures concentrating on countable structures

Logic 2026-02-18 v1 Dynamical Systems

Abstract

Countable L\mathcal{L}-structures N\mathcal{N} whose isomorphism class supports a permutation invariant probability measure in the logic action have been characterized by Ackerman-Freer-Patel to be precisely those N\mathcal{N} which have no algebraicity. Here we characterize those countable L\mathcal{L}-structure N\mathcal{N} whose isomorphism class supports a quasi-invariant probability measure. These turn out to be precisely those N\mathcal{N} which are not "highly algebraic" -- we say that N\mathcal{N} is highly algebraic if outside of every finite FF there is some bb and a tuple aˉ\bar{a} disjoint from bb so that bb has a finite orbit under the pointwise stabilizer of aˉ\bar{a} in Aut(N)\mathrm{Aut}(\mathcal{N}). As a bi-product of our proof we show that whenever the isomorphism class of N\mathcal{N} admits a quasi-invariant measure, then it admits one with continuous Radon--Nikodym cocycles.

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@article{arxiv.2408.07454,
  title  = {Quasi-invariant measures concentrating on countable structures},
  author = {Clinton Conley and Colin Jahel and Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.07454},
  year   = {2026}
}
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