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Logic Seminar

Tuesday, December 5, 2017
3:00pm to 4:00pm
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Building 15, Room 131
The Fraisse Limit of Finite Dimensional Matrix Algebras with the Rank Metric
Aaron Anderson, Caltech,
We show that a certain ring, constructed by von Neumann and realized as the coordinatization of a continuous geometry, can also be realized as the metric Fra ı̈ssé limit of the class of finite-dimensional matrix algebras over a field of scalars, equipped with the rank metric. We show that the automorphism group of this metric structure is extremely amenable,implying (by the metric Kechris-Pestov-Todorcevic correspondence) an approximate Ramsey Property, which is also proved directly.
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