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Can There be a 1 dimensional Banach-Tarski paradox in the absence of choice
Let $\mathbb{R}$ act on itself by translation. Then there is no finite decomposition of a unit interval into pieces which, when translated, yields two distinct unit intervals.
More formally does ...
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Is every bounded representation of Z unitarisable when all sets are measurable?
For the purpose of this question, a group is amenable iff there exists a Følner sequence.
Dixmier unitarisability problem asks whether a (countable discrete) group G is amenable iff every bounded ...
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Can a non-free Whitehead group embed as a discrete subgroup of a normed space?
Every countable discrete subgroup of a normed space is isomorphic to the direct sum of the group of integers. I wonder whether it is possible to push this beyond such direct-sum (free abelian) groups ...