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Isometry groups of separable metric spaces
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2009
Abstract
We show that every locally compact Polish group is isomorphic to the isometry group of a proper separable metric space. This answers a question of Gao and Kechris. We also analyze the natural action of the isometry group of a separable ultrametric space on the space. This leads us to a structure theorem representing an arbitrary separable ultrametric space as a bundle with an ultrametric base and with ultrahomogeneous fibers which are invariant under the action of the isometry group.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 146 , Issue 1 , January 2009 , pp. 67 - 81
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