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Definability of stabilizers: intersection of definable groups

Establish whether, for a type‑definable group G and a generically stable idempotent type p ∈ S_G(U), the left stabilizer Stab_ℓ(p) is an intersection of M‑definable subgroups of G(U) in general (beyond the definable G case or the generically transitive assumption).

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Background

The paper proves that if p is generically transitive, then Stab_ℓ(p) is an intersection of definable groups. For definable G this is immediate, but for type‑definable G the general case remains unresolved.

Understanding definability properties of stabilizers is key to transferring stable group techniques to broader settings and to describing invariant measures and components.

References

This question is open only in the case of type-definable $\bar G$ (in the definable case, the answer is trivially positive by the above comment).

Definable convolution and idempotent Keisler measures III. Generic stability, generic transitivity, and revised Newelski's conjecture (2406.00912 - Chernikov et al., 3 Jun 2024) in Section 2.6 (Stabilizer of a generically transitive type is an intersection of definable groups)