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Isometric actions and finite approximations
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Linear spaces and algebras of operators
Topological dynamics
Special aspects of infinite or finite groups
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 June 2022
Abstract
We show that every isometric action on a Cantor set is conjugate to an inverse limit of actions on finite sets; and that every faithful isometric action by a finitely generated amenable group is residually finite.
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