ABSTRACT

In this chapter we continue our introduction of Borel equivalence relations. The primary classification here is orbit equivalence relations versus equivalence relations not reducible to orbit equivalence relations. Again we only give a self-contained account of the basic facts. The more interested reader should go beyond this book and find a vast literature about the subject. Along with many theorems there are also a large number of open problems. Many of the problems are fundamental, the answers of which might potentially redefine the subject.