arXiv · 1503.03733
Invariant means on Boolean inverse monoids
Abstract
The classical theory of invariant means, which plays an important role in the theory of paradoxical decompositions, is based upon what are usually termed `pseudogroups'. Such pseudogroups are in fact concrete examples of the Boolean inverse monoids which give rise to etale topological groupoids under non-commutative Stone duality. We accordingly initiate the theory of invariant means on arbitrary Boolean inverse monoids. Our main theorem is a characterization of when a Boolean inverse monoid admits an invariant mean. This generalizes the classical Tarski alternative proved, for example, by de la Harpe and Skandalis, but using different methods.
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Ganna Kudryavtseva, Mark V. Lawson, Daniel H. Lenz, Pedro Resende. 2015-03-12. Invariant means on Boolean inverse monoids. https://arxiv.org/abs/1503.03733
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