Von Neumann's problem and extensions of non-amenable equivalence relations

DOI10.4171/GGD/456zbMATH Open1435.37006arXiv1509.01723MaRDI QIDQ1650822FDOQ1650822

Authors: Adrian Ioana, Lewis Bowen, Daniel J. Hoff 

Publication date: 13 July 2018

Published in: Groups, Geometry, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The goals of this paper are twofold. First, we generalize the result of Gaboriau and Lyons [GL07] to the setting of von Neumann's problem for equivalence relations, proving that for any non-amenable ergodic probability measure preserving (pmp) equivalence relation $mathcalR$, the Bernoulli extension over a non-atomic base space $(K,kappa)$ contains the orbit equivalence relation of a free ergodic pmp action of $mathbb{F}_2$. Moreover, we provide conditions which imply that this holds for any non-trivial probability space $K$. Second, we use this result to prove that any non-amenable unimodular locally compact second countable group admits uncountably many free ergodic pmp actions which are pairwise not von Neumann equivalent (hence, pairwise not orbit equivalent).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.01723

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zbMATH Keywords

orbit equivalencepercolationergodic equivalence relationsBernoulli extensionvon Neumann equivalence

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems (37A15) Algebraic ergodic theory, cocycles, orbit equivalence, ergodic equivalence relations (37A20)

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