Automorphism groups of Fraïssé structures and ultrametric spaces

Aleksandra Kwiatkowska (U of Wroclaw)

Sep 11. 2026, 09:30 — 10:30

We start with a general introduction to Fraïssé structures and their automorphism groups. Of particular interest for us will be universal homogeneous ultrametric spaces. Here, we view ultrametric spaces as two-sorted structures consisting of a set of points and a linearly ordered set of distances, and equip them with distance-carrying ("dc" for short) embeddings. We prove that the automorphism group Aut(U) of the ultrametric space U obtained as a Fraïssé structure admits a comeager conjugacy class, or in other words, it has a generic dc-automorphism. To show that, we examine the cofinal amalgamation property for partial automorphisms and characterize amalgamation bases. Time permitting, we will outline a broader categorical framework for establishing cofinal amalgamation and discuss the non-existence of a generic pair of dc-automorphisms. This talk is based on recent joint work with A. Bartoš, W. Kubiś, and M. Malicki.

Further Information
Venue:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Associated Event:
FLINTA* in Set Theory (Workshop)
Organizer(s):
Hope Duncan (U Leeds)
Azul Fatalini (U Leeds)
Martina Iannella (TU Wien)
Siiri Kivimäki (U Helsinki)
Sandra Müller (TU Wien)
Lena Wallner (TU Wien)