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Groups without "almost equivariant" coarse embeddings

Let $X$ be a set. We say that $\psi:X\times X\to[0,\infty)$ is a CND (conditionally negative definite) kernel if there is a Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$ and a map $f:X\to\mathcal{H}$ such that \begin{...
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Algebra of finite width matrices

$\DeclareMathOperator\FWM{FWM}\DeclareMathOperator\End{End}$For any ring $R$ there's an algebra of finite width matrices with entries in $R$. By finite width matrices I mean the ones that have only ...
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Characterization of growth in terms of coarse algebraic topology

$$ \newcommand{\mc}[1]{\mathcal{#1}} \newcommand{\mbb}[1]{\mathbb{#1}} \newcommand{\opn}[1]{\operatorname{#1}} \DeclareMathOperator\cap{cap} \def\sse{\subseteq} $$ Coarse spaces Let $X$ be a coarse ...
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Alternative uniformities on topological groups

Are there any interesting alternative uniformities defined on topological groups besides the usual four (left, right, and their meet/join)? I am curious because in the (sort of) dual setting of coarse ...
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Consequences of having unbounded points in a bornology

For a set $X$ a bornology $\mathcal{B}$ is essentially an ideal in the power set $\mathcal{P}(X)$. Many sources including Wikipedia state additional property that $X = \bigcup \mathcal{B}$. Call it a ...
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Question about coarse fixed point property in large-scale geometry

I read the article of Steven Hair "A degree-theoretic proof of a coarse fixed point principle". I have the following question. I start with some main definitions from this article. A coarse ...
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Ends of a negatively curved Riemannian manifold

Let $M$ be a complete Riemannian manifold. Let us use the standard definition of "end", for example, as in this article. If $M$ has non-negative Ricci curvature, it is well-known that it has ...
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Given a quasi-convex subgroup $H$ of hyperbolic $G$, can we decide if two elements $x,y \in G$ lie in the same double coset of $H$?

I've come across the following question in my research, which seems elusive but is almost surely decidable. Let $H$ be a quasi-convex subgroup of the hyperbolic group $G$. Given $x, y \in G$, we wish ...
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Ends of a metric space?

I'm looking for a definition of “ends” of a metric space that is well-defined even for non geodesic or locally finite metric spaces, invariant under quasi-isometries (or more generally coarse ...
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Coarse quotient maps

Interesting connections and analogies have been observed between non-linear geometry of Banach spaces and coarse geometry. In the former subject, people have investigated the notion of uniform (or ...
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Prehistory of Gromov-hyperbolic spaces/groups

When speaking about hyperbolic groups/spaces, one usually refers to Gromov's monograph Hyperbolic groups for their introduction. However, coarse notions of hyperbolicity can be found in some of his ...
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Dependence of Roe algebra and coarse index on the Riemannian metric

Let $(M,g)$ be a spin Riemannian manifold. The coarse index of the Dirac operator $D$ lies in the $K$-theory of the Roe algebra, which I will denote by $C^*(M,g)$ since its construction uses $g$. I ...
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Are two quasi-isometric, isomorphic on large enough balls, transitive graphs isomorphic?

Take two transitive graphs $X,Y$ (potentially directed and edge-labelled, e.g. Cayley graphs). Assume $X,Y$ are quasi-isometric with constant $K$, i.e. there exists a function $f:VX \to VY$ ($VX,\,VY$ ...
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Example of an invariant metric on a nilpotent group which is not asymptotically geodesic

Let $X$ be a metric space. We say that $X$ is asymptotically geodesic if for all $\epsilon > 0$, there exists $R > 0$ such that, for all $x,y \in X$, there exists some finite sequence of points $...
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The set of all functions which vanish at infinity is a subset of the set of all functions which have vanishing variation

Let $X$ be a coarse space, we define the following: $D_b(X)$ is the set of all bounded functions $f:X\rightarrow \mathbb{C}$ $f\in $$D_b(X)$ is said to vanish at infinity if for each $\varepsilon$>0 ...
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Topology is to semi-decidability, coarse structures are to what?

There is a folklore correspondence between topology as semi-decidability amongst computer scientists, which is explained in places like: The monograph Synthetic Topology: of Data Types and Classical ...
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Why are coarse maps required to be proper?

In the context of coarse spaces, a map between coarse spaces $f:X\to Y$ is called coarse if it is bornologous (it maps controlled sets to controlled sets), and proper, in the sense that preimages of ...
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Coarsifying persistence modules

The context Let $I=[0,∞)$ and consider the category of persistence modules $(V,π)$ indexed over $I$ satisfying: For all $t$ in $I$ but a closed discrete set of points $T$, there exists a ...
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Comparing the group convolution algebra with the equivariant Roe algebra

Let $G$ be a Lie group equipped with a left-invariant metric. Then $C_c(G)$ is a $*$-algebra of convolution operators on $L^2(G)$. Let $\mathbb{C}[|G|]^G$ denote the $*$-subalgebra of bounded ...
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Does the square root of a finite propagation operator have finite propagation?

Let $X$ be a non-compact manifold and let $C_0(X)$ act on $L^2(X)$ by pointwise multiplication. We say $T\in\mathcal{B}(L^2(X))$ has finite propagation if there exists an $r>0$ such that: for all ...
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Lower Estimate of A Lipschitz Map

Suppose that $(X,d_X)$ and $(Y,d_Y)$ are complete doubling metric spaces and let $f:X\rightarrow Y$ be a non-constant Lipschitz map. Then can does there exist a lsc function $\rho:(0,\infty)\...
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The product of two controlled operators is also a controlled operator

The following picture is lemma 4.23 in Lectures on Coarse Geometry by John Roe: I guess the $E_i$ in the centered formula is $X_i$. Does Roe mean that $X_j\cap \mathrm{Supp}(u)=\emptyset $ implies $\...
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How to choose a continuous function which vanishes **only** on the closed set

We are reading John Roe's book Lectures on Coarse Geometry. We come across a question in P27 line 9: Suppose $X$ is a paracompact and locally compact Hausdorff space, $\bar{X}$ is a ...
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Reference request: Higson compactification

It seems that the idea of the Higson compactification first arose in the context of non-compact manifolds in a 1992 preprint of Higson called "The relative $K$-homology of Baum and Douglas". It seems ...
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The growth of a subset of a group

Let $S$ be a symmetric subset of a group $G$ containing the identity, and let $S^n$ be the set of all products of $n$ elements of $S$. If $S^3\subset gS$ for some translate $gS$ of $S$ then it ...
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Coarsely trivial Borel cross section for $G\to G/N$

Let $G$ be a locally compact group, and let $N$ be a closed, normal subgroup, and let $\pi\colon G\to G/N$ be the quotient homomorphism. It is known that there exists a Borel cross section, i.e., a ...
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F.g group with infinite ends not Q.I to a free group

Is there any easy example of a finitely generated group with a Cantor set of ends that is not quasi-isometric to a finitely generated free group? Thanks in advance.
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Duality between large and small scale structures

A rather immediate reaction to seeing the definition of a coarse structure, at least to me, is to be reminded of a uniform structure. The axioms for a coarse structure $\mathcal{C}$ (defined by a ...
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Is $\mathbb{H}^n$ quasi-isometric to a leaf of a codimension 1 foliation of a compact manifold?

If we extend the action of $\pi_1(\Sigma_g), g\geq 2,$ from $\mathbb{H}^2$ to its boundary $\partial_{\infty}\mathbb{H}^2=S^1$, the surface bundle corresponding to this action of $\pi_1(\Sigma_g)$ on $...
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Can two random graphs be metrically embedded into one another?

Let $X, Y$ be two random graphs on $n$ vertices (say, in $G(n, p)$ model for some $p$). Can anything (expectation, value with high probabiity, ...) be said about $D(X, Y)$, where $D$ is the minimal ...
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