Orbit equivalence, coinduced actions and free products (Q646372)

Summary: The following result is proven. Let \(G_1 \curvearrowright^{T_1} (X_1,\mu_1)\) and \(G_2 \curvearrowright^{T_2} (X_2,\mu_2)\) be orbit equivalent (OE), essentially free, probability measure preserving actions of countable groups \(G_1\) and \(G_2\). Let \(H\) be any countable group. For \(i=1,2\), let \(\Gamma_i = G_i \ast H\) be the free product. Then the actions of \(\Gamma_1\) and \(\Gamma_2\) coinduced from \(T_1\) and \(T_2\) are OE. As an application, it is shown that if \(\Gamma\) is a free group, then all nontrivial Bernoulli shifts over \(\Gamma\) are OE.