On symmetric indivisibility of countable structures

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Abstract

A structure MN is symmetrically embedded in N if any σ ∈ Aut(M) extends to an automorphism of N . A countable structure M is symmetrically indivisible if for any coloring of M by two colors there exists a monochromatic M' ≤ M such that M' ≅ M and M0 is symmetrically embedded in M. We give a model-theoretic proof of the symmetric indivisibility of Rado’s countable random graph [9] and use these new techniques to prove that Q and the generic countable triangle-free graph ΓΔ are symmetrically indivisible. Symmetric indivisibility of Q follows from a stronger result, that symmetrically embedded elementary submodels of (Q, ≤) are dense. As shown by an anonymous referee, the symmetrically embedded submodels of the random graph are not dense.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModel Theoretic Methods in Finite Combinatorics
EditorsMartin Grohe, Johann A. Makowsky
Place of PublicationProvidence, Rhode Island
Pages417-452
Volume558 Part 3
StatePublished - 2011

Publication series

NameContemporary Mathematics

Keywords

  • Rado’s random graph
  • ordered rationals
  • generic triangle-free graph
  • automorphism
  • ℵ0-categorical structure
  • stable embedding
  • indivisibility
  • symmetric indivisibility

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