The fundamental theorem of affine geometry in regular L^0-modules

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Abstract: Let (Omega,mathcalF,P) be a probability space and L0(mathcalF) the algebra of equivalence classes of real-valued random variables defined on (Omega,mathcalF,P). A left module M over the algebra L0(mathcalF)(briefly, an L0(mathcalF)-module) is said to be regular if x=y for any given two elements x and y in M such that there exists a countable partition An,ninmathbbN of Omega to mathcalF such that ildeIAncdotx=ildeIAncdoty for each ninmathbbN, where IAn is the characteristic function of An and ildeIAn its equivalence class. The purpose of this paper is to establish the fundamental theorem of affine geometry in regular L0(mathcalF)-modules: let V and Vprime be two regular L0(mathcalF)-modules such that V contains a free L0(mathcalF)-submodule of rank 2, if T:VoVprime is stable and invertible and maps each L0-line segment to an L0-line segment, then T must be L0-affine.


Let \((\Omega, {\mathcal F}, P)\) denote a probability space, \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\) the algebra of equivalence classes of real-valued random variables defined on \((\Omega, {\mathcal F}, P)\), which is endowed with the usual algebraic operations on equivalence classes, and \(L^0 ({\mathcal F}, {\mathbb R}^n)\) the set of equivalence classes of random vectors from \((\Omega, {\mathcal F}, P)\) to \({\mathbb R}^n\), which forms a free \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-module of rank \(n\) in a natural way. \((L^0 ({\mathcal F}), \leq)\) is a Dedekind complete lattice under the partial order defined by \(\xi \leq \eta\) iff \(\xi_0 (\omega) \leq \eta_0 (\omega)\), a.s., where \(\xi_0\) and \(\eta_0\) are respectively arbitrarily chosen representatives of \(\xi\) and \(\eta\) in \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\). Let \(V\) and \(V'\) denote two \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-modules. A mapping \(T : V \rightarrow V'\) is said to be: (1) \(L^0\)-linear if \(T\) is a module homomorphism from \(V\) to \(V'\); (2) \(L^0\)-affine if there exist an \(L^0\)-linear mapping \(S\) from \(V\) to \(V'\) and \(b \in V'\) such that \(T (x) = S(x) + b\) for any \(x \in V\); (3) stable if \(T(\tilde{I}_A x + \tilde{I}_{A^c}y) = \tilde{I}_A(x) +\tilde{I}_{A^c}(y)\) for any \(x\) and \(y\) in \(V\) and any \(A\) in \({\mathcal F}\), where \( \tilde{I}_A\) stands for the equivalence class of the characteristic function \(I_A\) of \(A\); (4) \(T\) is said to map each \(L^0\)-line segment to an \(L^0\)-line segment if \(T ([x, y]) = [T (x), T (y)]\) for any two different elements \(x\) and \(y\) in \(V\), where \([x, y] = \{\lambda x + (1-\lambda)y :\lambda \in L^0 ({\mathcal F})\) and \(0 \leq \lambda \leq 1\}\), called the \(L^0\)-line segment linking \(x\) and \(y\). \(V\) contains a free \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-submodule of rank \(2\) if \(V\) contains two \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-independent elements \(x\) and \(y\), which means \(\xi = \eta = 0\) for any two \(\xi\) and \(\eta\) in \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\) such that \(\xi x + \eta y = 0\). The main result of this paper is: Let \(V\) and \(V'\) be any two regular \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-modules such that \(V\) contains a free \(L^0 ({\mathcal F})\)-submodule of rank \(2\). If \(T : V \rightarrow V'\) is stable, invertible and maps each \(L^0\)-line segment to an \(L^0\)-line segment, then \(T\) is \(L^0\)-affine.











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