Reconstructing structures with the strong small index property up to bi-definability

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Abstract: Let mathbfK be the class of countable structures M with the strong small index property and locally finite algebraicity, and mathbfK the class of MinmathbfK such that aclM(a)=a for every ainM. For homogeneous MinmathbfK, we introduce what we call the expanded group of automorphisms of M, and show that it is second-order definable in Aut(M). We use this to prove that for M,NinmathbfK, Aut(M) and Aut(N) are isomorphic as abstract groups if and only if (Aut(M),M) and (Aut(N),N) are isomorphic as permutation groups. In particular, we deduce that for aleph0-categorical structures the combination of strong small index property and no algebraicity implies reconstruction up to bi-definability, in analogy with Rubin's well-known forallexists-interpretation technique of [7]. Finally, we show that every finite group can be realized as the outer automorphism group of Aut(M) for some countable aleph0-categorical homogeneous structure M with the strong small index property and no algebraicity.









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