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Garrido, Theorem 2.6 — an amenable group satisfies the Invariant Extension Theorem for every boolean algebra

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Garrido.satisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem_of_isAmenable

by dbenbenn · Oct 3, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

amenabilitygroup-theorymeasure-theory

If GGG is amenable (Garrido.IsAmenable G), then GGG satisfies the Invariant Extension Theorem (SatisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem G): whenever GGG acts by automorphisms on a boolean algebra A\mathcal AA, a finitely additive measure μ\muμ on a GGG-invariant subring R\mathcal RR that is itself GGG-invariant extends to a finitely additive measure μˉ\bar\muμˉ​ on all of A\mathcal AA with μˉ(ga)=μˉ(a)\bar\mu(g a) = \bar\mu(a)μˉ​(ga)=μˉ​(a) for every g∈Gg \in Gg∈G and a∈Aa \in \mathcal Aa∈A.

Garrido writes on p. 7: “Theorem 2.6 (Invariant Extension Theorem). Recall Carathéodory’s Extension Theorem: If R\mathcal RR is a subring of the boolean algebra A\mathcal AA and μ\muμ is a measure on R\mathcal RR, then μ\muμ can be extended to a measure μˉ\bar\muμˉ​ on A\mathcal AA. If GGG is an amenable group of automorphisms of A\mathcal AA and R\mathcal RR, μ\muμ are GGG-invariant, then μˉ\bar\muμˉ​ can be chosen to be GGG-invariant.” This is the second sentence at the generality printed, with no extension of μ\muμ supplied. The mission's milestone Garrido.hasInvariantExtensionProperty_of_isAmenable states it for the algebra of all subsets of a GGG-set, with an extension of μ\muμ to all subsets given as a hypothesis; Garrido.exists_invariant_extension_of_isSetRing removes that hypothesis for power sets. A general boolean algebra needs, in addition, the recalled extension Garrido.exists_extension_of_isBooleanSubring and a GGG-equivariant Stone representation.

Preamble
import Mathlib
import Definitions.Def_Garrido_Amenability
import Definitions.Def_Garrido_BooleanExtension
Formal statement
namespace Garrido

theorem satisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem_of_isAmenable {G : Type*} [Group G]
    (hG : IsAmenable G) : SatisfiesInvariantExtensionTheorem G := by
  sorry

end Garrido
Source
A. Garrido, "An introduction to amenable groups", lecture notes, Oxford Advanced Class in Algebra, Michaelmas 2013 (PDF, Feb 2015), p. 7, Theorem 2.6; https://web.archive.org/web/20260805000803/https://www.math.uni-duesseldorf.de/~garrido/amenable.pdf

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