The Tarski alternative for Boolean inverse monoids

Let SS be a Boolean inverse monoid. An invariant mean on SS is a function μ ⁣:E(S)[0,1]\mu\colon E(S)\to[0,1] such that μ(1)=1\mu(1)=1, μ(ef)=μ(e)+μ(f)\mu(e\vee f)=\mu(e)+\mu(f) when ef=0ef=0, and μ(s1s)=μ(ss1)\mu(s^{-1}s)=\mu(ss^{-1}) for all sSs\in S.

The Tarski alternative. Exactly one of the following is true:

  1. SS contains a copy of the Cuntz monoid C2C_{2} as an inverse submonoid.
  2. SS has an invariant mean.

This conjecture is motivated by work cited in the source and is an inverse-monoid analogue of a Tarski-type alternative. The two alternatives are mutually exclusive because a Boolean inverse monoid containing C2C_{2} cannot possess an invariant mean; the source gives no resolution of whether they exhaust all possibilities.

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Primary source

Mark V Lawson, “On a class of countable Boolean inverse monoids and Matui's spatial realization theorem”, arXiv:1407.1473 (2014).

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