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The Calkin algebra is not countably homogeneous

Operator Algebras 2016-02-09 v2 Logic

Abstract

We show that the Calkin algebra is not countably homogeneous, in the sense of continuous model theory. We furthermore show that the connected component of the unitary group of the Calkin algebra is not countably homogeneous.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1506.07455,
  title  = {The Calkin algebra is not countably homogeneous},
  author = {Ilijas Farah and Ilan Hirshberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.07455},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

Minor corrections. To appear in Proc. AMS

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