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We demonstrate the uncountable cofinality of the automorphism groups of various linear and partial orders. We also relate this to the ‘Bergman’ property, and discuss cases where this may fail even though the cofinality is uncountable.
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Presented by J. Martinez.
In memory of Paul F. Conrad
This work was supported by the EPSRC grant EP/D04829/1.
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Droste, M., Truss, J.K. Uncountable cofinalities of automorphism groups of linear and partial orders. Algebra Univers. 62, 75–90 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00012-010-0040-0
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