The automorphism group of the Gaussian measure cannot act pointwise (Q814160)

The authors prove that a theorem of Mackey saying that every Boolean \(G\)-action (i.e., a near action of \(G\)) admits a spatial model, does not hold for actions of Polish groups. The paper is organized as follows. Using ideas from \textit{M. Gromov} and \textit{V. D. Milman} [Am. J. Math. 105, 843--854 (1983; Zbl 0522.53039)], they first show that a Lévy group (defined as a Polish group with additional properties) admits only trivial spacial actions. Later, they give a necessary and sufficient condition for a near action to admit a spacial model in terms of \(G\)-continuous functions. Finally, they give a second proof of the absence of a spacial model by proving that the near-action of the automorphism group of the Gaussian measure is whirly.