The following picture is lemma 4.23 in *Lectures on Coarse Geometry* by John Roe:

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I guess the $E_i$ in the centered formula is $X_i$. Does Roe mean that $X_j\cap \mathrm{Supp}(u)=\emptyset $ implies  $\lambda(E_j)u=0$? But I can't work out. Can someone help me? (If more details are needed, let me know.)

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