The non-primitivity conjecture for random countable Boolean algebras

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Let WW be the Cantor set D1\mathscr{D}_{1} and let R=Co⁡(W)R=\operatorname{Co}(W) be the countable atomless Boolean algebra. Let II be the set of finite binary strings, including the empty string, and let {Ai∈R∣i∈I}\{A_i\in R\mid i\in I\} be a binary tree of non-zero elements of RR generating RR, with A∅=RA_{\emptyset}=R and Ai=Ai0∔Ai1A_i=A_{i0}\dotplus A_{i1}. Define a measure σ ⁣:R→{0,1,o}\sigma\colon R\rightarrow\{0,1,o\} by σ(0)=o\sigma(0)=o, σ(R)=1\sigma(R)=1, by assigning 00 to both children of any AiA_i with σ(Ai)=0\sigma(A_i)=0, and by assigning 11 to Ai1A_{i1} and assigning 00 or 11 to Ai0A_{i0} with probability 0.50.5 whenever σ(Ai)=1\sigma(A_i)=1. Non-primitivity conjecture. For the measure σ\sigma constructed above, K(W)K(W) is σ\sigma-primitive with probability 00. This suggests that almost all countable Boolean algebras are non-primitive, whereas most easily constructed such algebras are primitive.

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Andrew B. Apps, “Invariants for metrisable locally compact Boolean spaces”, arXiv:2502.15492 (2025).

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