English

Coamenability and cospectral radius for orbit equivalence relations

Dynamical Systems 2026-04-08 v2 Functional Analysis Group Theory Operator Algebras Probability

Abstract

We consider inclusions SR\mathcal{S}\leq \mathcal{R} of discrete, probability measure-preserving orbit equivalence relations. In previous work with Ab\'{e}rt-Fra\c{c}zyk, we established the pointwise almost sure existence of the cospectral radius of a random walk on the R\mathcal{R}-classes. In this paper, we investigate the connections of this cospectral radius to the coamenability of the inclusion SR\mathcal{S}\leq \mathcal{R}. We also undertake a systematic study of coamenability for inclusions of relations, establishing several equivalence formulations of this notion.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.16480,
  title  = {Coamenability and cospectral radius for orbit equivalence relations},
  author = {Ben Hayes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.16480},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

57 pages. No figures. Numerous edits, updated discussion on open problem on coamenability versus cohyperfiniteness, and generalized Proposition 7.2. Comments welcome!

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