Pathological and Omega-transitive Representations of Free Groups

DOI10.1007/S11083-014-9320-1MaRDI QIDQ6232571arXivFDO

Authors John Bruno

Publication date 25 April 2012

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Free nonabelian groups (20E05) Total orders (06A05) Ordered groups (06F15) Infinite automorphism groups (20B27) Applications of set theory (03E75)

Abstract: Given a linear order $Omega$ its automorphism group $Aut(Omega)$ forms a lattice-ordered group via pointwise order. Assuming the continuum to be a regular cardinal, we show that emph{pathological} and emph{$omega$-transitive} (i.e. highly transitive) representations of free groups abound within emph{large} permutation groups of linear orders. Consequently, under the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis it is then true that given any linear order $Omega$ for which $|Omega|=$ cof$(Omega)=alep{h}_i$ ($iinN$) then any permutation group that is large in $Aut(Omega)$ contains an $omega$-transitive representation of $G_{alep{h}_i^{+}}$ (i.e. the free group of rank $2^{alep{h}_i}$). In particular, and working solely within ZFC, we show that any large subgroup of $Aut(Q)$ (resp. $Aut(R)$) contains an $omega$-transitive and pathological representation of any free group of rank $lambdain[alep{h}_0,2^{alep{h}_0}]$ (resp. of rank $2^{alep{h}_0}$). Lastly, we also find a bound on the rank of free subgroups of certain restricted direct products.

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