Set-homogeneous graphs and embeddings of total orders (Q1368660)

A construction is given, for any uncountable cardinal \(\kappa\), of a graph such that any two isomorphic subgraphs of size at most 3 are in the same orbit of the automorphism group (on unordered subsets), but some isomorphism between 2-element subsets does not extend to an automorphism. It was shown earlier by \textit{M. Droste}, \textit{M. Giraudet}, \textit{D. Macpherson}, and \textit{N. Sauer} in [Set-homogeneous graphs, J. Comb. Theory, Ser. B 62, 63-95 (1994; Zbl 0799.03034)] that up to elementary equivalence there were at most four such graphs (two complementary pairs), but it was not known whether all these theories gave examples. The graphs are closely related to circular orders, and hence to total orders. In the proof, certain countable homogeneous coloured totally ordered sets, with special additional properties, are constructed.