Recognizing the real line

arXiv1701.07235MaRDI QIDQ6282379FDOQ6282379

John S. Wilson, A. M. W. Glass

Publication date: 25 January 2017

Abstract: Let $(Omega,leq)$ be a totally ordered set. We prove that if Aut$(Omega,leq)$ is transitive and satisfies the same first-order sentences as the automorphism group of the real line (in the language of groups) then $Omega$ and and the real line are isomorphic ordered sets. This improvement of a theorem of Gurevich and Holland is obtained as a consequence of a study of centralizers associated with certain transitive subgroups of Aut$(Omega,leq)$.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ordered groups (06F15) General theory for infinite permutation groups (20B07)

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