Isomorphism of locally compact Polish metric structures

Abstract

We study the isomorphism relation on Borel classes of locally compact Polish metric structures. We prove that isomorphism on such classes is always classifiable by countable structures (equivalently: Borel reducible to graph isomorphism), which implies, in particular, that isometry of locally compact Polish metric spaces is Borel reducible to graph isomorphism. We show that potentially $\pmb{\Pi}^0_{\alpha+1}$ isomorphism relations are Borel reducible to equality on hereditarily countable sets of rank $\alpha$, $\alpha \geq 2$. We also study approximations of the Hjorth-isomorphism game, and formulate a condition ruling out classifiability by countable structures.