Finiteness properties of stabilisers of oligomorphic actions

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Main Authors: Fournier-Facio, Francesco, Kropholler, Peter H., Lyman, Robert Alonzo, Zaremsky, Matthew C. B.
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author Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Kropholler, Peter H.
Lyman, Robert Alonzo
Zaremsky, Matthew C. B.
author_facet Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Kropholler, Peter H.
Lyman, Robert Alonzo
Zaremsky, Matthew C. B.
contents An action of a group on a set is oligomorphic if it has finitely many orbits of $n$-element subsets for all $n$. We prove that for a large class of groups (including all groups of finite virtual cohomological dimension and all countable linear groups), for any oligomorphic action of such a group on an infinite set there exists a finite subset whose stabiliser is not of type $\mathrm{FP}_\infty$. This leads to obstructions on finiteness properties for permutational wreath products and twisted Brin-Thompson groups. We also prove a version for actions on flag complexes, and discuss connections to the Boone-Higman conjecture. In the appendix, we improve on the criterion of Bartholdi-Cornulier-Kochloukova for finiteness properties of wreath products, and the criterion of Kropholler-Martino for finiteness properties of graph-wreath products.
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spellingShingle Finiteness properties of stabilisers of oligomorphic actions
Fournier-Facio, Francesco
Kropholler, Peter H.
Lyman, Robert Alonzo
Zaremsky, Matthew C. B.
Group Theory
Geometric Topology
20F65, 20B07
An action of a group on a set is oligomorphic if it has finitely many orbits of $n$-element subsets for all $n$. We prove that for a large class of groups (including all groups of finite virtual cohomological dimension and all countable linear groups), for any oligomorphic action of such a group on an infinite set there exists a finite subset whose stabiliser is not of type $\mathrm{FP}_\infty$. This leads to obstructions on finiteness properties for permutational wreath products and twisted Brin-Thompson groups. We also prove a version for actions on flag complexes, and discuss connections to the Boone-Higman conjecture. In the appendix, we improve on the criterion of Bartholdi-Cornulier-Kochloukova for finiteness properties of wreath products, and the criterion of Kropholler-Martino for finiteness properties of graph-wreath products.
title Finiteness properties of stabilisers of oligomorphic actions
topic Group Theory
Geometric Topology
20F65, 20B07
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02319