On NIP and invariant measures (Q550563)

Summary: We study forking, Lascar strong types, Keisler measures and definable groups, under an assumption of NIP (not the independence property), continuing aspects of the paper [\textit{E. Hrushovski, Y. Peterzil} and \textit{A. Pillay}, J. Am. Math. Soc. 21, No.~2, 563--596 (2008; Zbl 1134.03024)]. Among the key results are (i) if \(p = \text{tp}(b/A)\) does not fork over \(A\) then the Lascar strong type of \(b\) over \(A\) coincides with the compact strong type of \(b\) over \(A\) and any global nonforking extension of \(p\) is Borel-definable over bdd(\(A)\), (ii) analogous statements for Keisler measures and definable groups, including the fact that \(G^{000} = G^{00}\) for \(G\) definably amenable, (iii) definitions, characterizations and properties of ``generically stable'' types and groups, (iv) uniqueness of invariant (under the group action) Keisler measures on groups with finitely satisfiable generics, (v) a proof of the compact domination conjecture for (definably compact) commutative groups in o-minimal expansions of real closed fields.