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Algorithmic Randomness and Ramsey Properties of Countable Homogeneous Structures

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We study, in the context of algorithmic randomness, the closed amenable subgroups of the symmetric group S  ∞  of a countable set. In this paper we investigate a link between the symmetries associated with Ramsey Fraïssé order classes and algorithmic randomness.

Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 03C20, 03C57, 03D80, 05D10, 06D07, 20B27, 68Q30.

The research is based upon work supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa. Any opinion, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and therefore the NRF does not accept any liability in regard thereto.

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Fouché, W.L. (2012). Algorithmic Randomness and Ramsey Properties of Countable Homogeneous Structures. In: Ong, L., de Queiroz, R. (eds) Logic, Language, Information and Computation. WoLLIC 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7456. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32621-9_18

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