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diff --git a/sections/preliminaries.tex b/sections/preliminaries.tex index 729ef1d..266845c 100644 --- a/sections/preliminaries.tex +++ b/sections/preliminaries.tex @@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ }x\}$ is comeagre in $X$. \end{definition} + Let $M$ be a structure. We define a topology on the automorphism group + $\Aut(M)$ of $M$ by the basis of open sets: for a finite function + $f\colon M\to M$ we have a basic open set + $[f]_{\Aut(M)} = \{g\in\Aut(M)\mid f\subseteq g\}$. This is a standard + definition. + + \begin{fact} + For a countable structure $M$, the topological space $\Aut(M)$ is a + Baire space. + \end{fact} + + This is in fact a very weak statement, it is also true that $\Aut(M)$ is + a Polish space (i.e. separable completely metrizable), and every Polish + space is Baire. However, those additional properties are not important in + this study. + \begin{definition} \label{definition:generic_automorphism} Let $G = \Aut(M)$ be the automorphism group of structure $M$. We say |