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}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