Chain conditions, elementary amenable groups, and descriptive set theory (Q2013898)

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Chain conditions, elementary amenable groups, and descriptive set theory
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    Chain conditions, elementary amenable groups, and descriptive set theory (English)
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    10 August 2017
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    Summary: We first consider three well-known chain conditions in the space of marked groups: the minimal condition on centralizers, the maximal condition on subgroups, and the maximal condition on normal subgroups. For each condition, we produce a characterization in terms of well-founded descriptive-set-theoretic trees. Using these characterizations, we demonstrate that the sets given by these conditions are co-analytic and not Borel in the space of marked groups. We then adapt our techniques to show elementary amenable marked groups may be characterized by well-founded descriptive-set-theoretic trees, and therefore, elementary amenability is equivalent to a chain condition. Our characterization again implies the set of elementary amenable groups is co-analytic and non-Borel. As corollary, we obtain a new, non-constructive, proof of the existence of finitely generated amenable groups that are not elementary amenable.
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    chain conditions
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    elementary amenable groups
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    descriptive set theory
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    space of marked groups
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