Bodirsky–Schneider–Thom conjecture on singular mixed identities in oligomorphic groups

Let GΩG\curvearrowright\Omega be a permutation group, where Ω\Omega is a countably infinite set. The action is oligomorphic if GG has finitely many orbits on Ωn\Omega^n under its diagonal action

g(a1,,an)=(ga1,,gan).g\cdot(a_1,\dots,a_n)=(ga_1,\dots,ga_n).

Bodirsky–Schneider–Thom conjecture. If GΩG\curvearrowright\Omega is oligomorphic, then all mixed identities of GG are singular.

This conjecture predicts that oligomorphic groups, a broad class including automorphism groups of countable ω\omega-categorical structures, have no non-singular mixed identities. It was proposed by Bodirsky, Schneider, and Thom; the supplied source gives no evidence that it has been resolved.

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Paolo Marimon and Michael Pinsker, “All mixed identities are singular in groups with no algebraicity”, arXiv:2606.24741 (2026).

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