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    From isolated subgroups to generic permutation representations

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    Let GG be a countable group, Sub⁥(G)\operatorname{Sub}(G) the (compact, metric) space of all subgroups of GG with the Chabauty topology and Is⁥(G)⊂Sub⁥(G)\operatorname{Is}(G) \subset \operatorname{Sub}(G) the collection of isolated points. We denote by X!X! the (Polish) group of all permutations of a countable set XX. Then the following properties are equivalent: (i) Is⁥(G)\operatorname{Is}(G) is dense in Sub⁥(G)\operatorname{Sub}(G), (ii) GG admits a "generic permutation representation". Namely there exists some τ∗∈Hom⁥(G,X!)\tau^* \in \operatorname{Hom}(G,X!) such that the collection of permutation representations {ϕ∈Hom⁥(G,X!)Â âˆŁÂ Ï•is permutation isomorphic toτ∗}\{\phi \in \operatorname{Hom}(G,X!) \ | \ \phi {\text{is permutation isomorphic to}} \tau^*\} is co-meager in Hom⁥(G,X!)\operatorname{Hom}(G,X!). We call groups satisfying these properties solitary. Examples of solitary groups include finitely generated LERF groups and groups with countably many subgroups.Comment: 21 page
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