Topological dynamics of kaleidoscopic groups

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2023.108915arXiv2209.02607MaRDI QIDQ6409865FDOQ6409865

Authors: Gianluca Basso, Todor Tsankov 

Publication date: 6 September 2022

Abstract: Kaleidoscopic groups are a class of permutation groups recently introduced by Duchesne, Monod, and Wesolek. Starting with a permutation group $Gamma$, the kaleidoscopic construction produces another permutation group $mathcalK(Gamma)$ which acts on a Wa.{z}ewski dendrite (a densely branching tree-like compact space). In this paper, we study how the topological dynamics of $mathcalK(Gamma)$ can be expressed in terms of the one of $Gamma$, when the group $Gamma$ is transitive. By proving a Ramsey theorem for decorated rooted trees, we show that the universal minimal flow (UMF) of $mathcalK(Gamma)$ is metrizable iff $Gamma$ is oligomorphic and the UMF of $Gamma$ is metrizable. More generally, we give concrete calculations, in an appropriate model-theoretic framework, of the UMF of $mathcalK(Gamma)$ when the UMF of a point stabilizer $Gamm{a}_c$ has a comeager orbit. Our results also give a large class of examples of non-metrizable UMFs with a comeager orbit. These results extend previous work of Kwiatkowska and Duchesne about the full homeomorphism groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory for finite permutation groups (20B05) Characterization theorems for permutation groups (20B10) Groups as automorphisms of other structures (22F50) Dynamical systems involving transformations and group actions with special properties (minimality, distality, proximality, expansivity, etc.) (37B05) Combinatorial dynamics (types of periodic orbits) (37E15) Dynamical systems involving maps of trees and graphs (37E25) Ramsey theory (05D10) General theory for infinite permutation groups (20B07)

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