On compactifications and the topological dynamics of definable groups

DOI10.1016/J.APAL.2013.07.020zbMATH Open1323.03040arXiv1212.3176OpenAlexW2118578821MaRDI QIDQ386629FDOQ386629

Anand Pillay, Davide Penazzi, Jakub Gismatullin

Publication date: 10 December 2013

Published in: Annals of Pure and Applied Logic (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss definable compactifications and topological dynamics. For G a group definable in some structure M, we define notions of "definable" compactification of G and "definable" action of G on a compact space X (definable G-flow), where the latter is under a definability of types assumption on M. We describe the universal definable compactification of G as G*/G*00_M and the universal definable G-ambit as the type space S_{G}(M). We also prove existence and uniqueness of "universal minimal definable G-flows", and discuss issues of amenability and extreme amenability in this definable category, with a characterization of the latter. For the sake of completeness we also describe the universal (Bohr) compactification and universal G-ambit in model-theoretic terms, when G is a topological group (although it is essentially well-known).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.3176

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zbMATH Keywords

compactificationtopological dynamicsamenabilityNIPdefinable groupsdefinable types

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Compact groups (22C05) Classification theory, stability, and related concepts in model theory (03C45) Model-theoretic algebra (03C60) Dynamical systems involving transformations and group actions with special properties (minimality, distality, proximality, expansivity, etc.) (37B05)

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