On full groups of non-ergodic probability-measure-preserving equivalence relations

DOI10.1017/ETDS.2015.20zbMATH Open1375.37006arXiv1405.4745OpenAlexW2964268285MaRDI QIDQ2976293FDOQ2976293

François Le Maître

Publication date: 28 April 2017

Published in: Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We give a formula relating the topological rank of the full group of an aperiodic pmp equivalence relation to the cost of its ergodic components. Furthermore, we obtain examples of full groups having a dense free subgroup whose rank is equal to the topological rank of the full group, using a Baire category argument. We then study the automatic continuity property for full groups of aperiodic equivalence relations, and find a connected metric for which they have the automatic continuity property. This allows us to give an algebraic characterization of aperiodicity for pmp equivalence relations, namely the non-existence of homomorphisms from their full groups into totally disconnected separable groups. A simple proof of the extreme amenability of full groups of hyperfinite pmp equivalence relations is also given, generalizing to the non ergodic case a result of Giordano and Pestov.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4745

zbMATH Keywords

automatic continuity propertyBaire category argumentnon-ergodic case

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measurable group actions (22F10) Dynamical aspects of measure-preserving transformations (37A05) General groups of measure-preserving transformations and dynamical systems (37A15) Algebraic ergodic theory, cocycles, orbit equivalence, ergodic equivalence relations (37A20) General groups of measure-preserving transformations (28D15)

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