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Quotients by countable normal subgroups are hyperfinite

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Abstract

We show that for any Polish group G and any countable normal subgroup ΓG, the coset equivalence relation G is a hyperfinite Borel equivalence relation. In particular, the outer automorphism group of any countable group is hyperfinite.

 

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©2023 European Mathematical Society. Published by EMS Press. This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Acknowledgement

We would like to thank Aristotelis Panagiotopoulos for posing the original question about outer automorphisms, and Alexander Kechris, Andrew Marks and Todor Tsankov for many helpful comments.

Funding

The authors were partially supported by NSF Grant DMS-1464475.

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Discussion Paper: arXiv:1909.08716 (arXiv)

Funding

National Science Foundation
DMS-1464475

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2022-05-11
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