Mathematics – Dynamical Systems
Scientific paper
2007-10-31
Mathematics
Dynamical Systems
10 pages
Scientific paper
A topological group $G$ is {\em extremely amenable} if every compact $G$-space has a $G$-fixed point. Let $X$ be compact and $G\subset{\mathrm{Homeo}} (X)$. We prove that the following are equivalent: (1) $G$ is extremely amenable; (2) every minimal closed $G$-invariant subset of $\exp R$ is a singleton, where $R$ is the closure of the set of all graphs of $g\in G$ in the space $\exp (X^2)$ ($\exp$ stands for the space of closed subsets); (3) for each $n=1,2,...$ there is a closed $G$-invariant subset $Y_n$ of $(\exp X)^n$ such that $\cup_{n=1}^\infty Y_n$ contains arbitrarily fine covers of $X$ and for every $n\ge 1$ every minimal closed $G$-invariant subset of $\exp Y_n$ is a singleton. This yields an alternative proof of Pestov's theorem that the group of all order-preserving self-homeomorphisms of the Cantor middle-third set (or of the interval $[0,1]$) is extremely amenable.
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