Procountable groups are not classifiable by countable structures

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Main Authors: Gao, Su, Nies, André, Paolini, Gianluca
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author Gao, Su
Nies, André
Paolini, Gianluca
author_facet Gao, Su
Nies, André
Paolini, Gianluca
contents We prove that topological isomorphism on procountable groups is not classifiable by countable structures, in the sense of descriptive set theory. In fact, the equivalence relation $\ell_\infty$ expressing that two sequences of reals have a bounded difference is Borel reducible to it. This marks substantial progress on an open problem of Kechris, Nies and Tent (2018): to determine the exact complexity of the isomorphism relation among all non-archimedean Polish groups.
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spellingShingle Procountable groups are not classifiable by countable structures
Gao, Su
Nies, André
Paolini, Gianluca
Logic
Group Theory
03E15, 54H05, 22A05, 20B27
We prove that topological isomorphism on procountable groups is not classifiable by countable structures, in the sense of descriptive set theory. In fact, the equivalence relation $\ell_\infty$ expressing that two sequences of reals have a bounded difference is Borel reducible to it. This marks substantial progress on an open problem of Kechris, Nies and Tent (2018): to determine the exact complexity of the isomorphism relation among all non-archimedean Polish groups.
title Procountable groups are not classifiable by countable structures
topic Logic
Group Theory
03E15, 54H05, 22A05, 20B27
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.12256