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Coarse structures and group actions

Metric Geometry 2008-02-27 v1 Geometric Topology

Abstract

The main results of the paper are: \begin{Prop}\label{GenSvarc-Milnor} A group GG acting coarsely on a coarse space (X,\CC)(X,\CC) induces a coarse equivalence ggx0g\to g\cdot x_0 from GG to XX for any x0Xx_0\in X. \end{Prop} Theorem: \label{GenGromovThm} Two coarse structures \CC1\CC_1 and \CC2\CC_2 on the same set XX are equivalent if the following conditions are satisfied: \begin{enumerate} \item Bounded sets in \CC1\CC_1 are identical with bounded sets in \CC2\CC_2, \item There is a coarse action ϕ1\phi_1 of a group G1G_1 on (X,\CC1)(X,\CC_1) and a coarse action ϕ2\phi_2 of a group G2G_2 on (X,\CC2)(X,\CC_2) such that ϕ1\phi_1 commutes with ϕ2\phi_2. \end{enumerate} They generalize the following two basic results of coarse geometry: Proposition: [\v{S}varc-Milnor Lemma {\cite[Theorem 1.18]{Roe lectures}}] \label{Svarc-Milnor} A group GG acting properly and cocompactly via isometries on a length space XX is finitely generated and induces a quasi-isometry equivalence ggx0g\to g\cdot x_0 from GG to XX for any x0Xx_0\in X. Theorem: [Gromov {\cite[page 6]{Gro asym invar}}] \label{GromovThm} Two finitely generated groups GG and HH are quasi-isometric if and only if there is a locally compact space XX admitting proper and cocompact actions of both GG and HH that commute.

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@article{arxiv.math/0607568,
  title  = {Coarse structures and group actions},
  author = {N. Brodskiy and J. Dydak and A. Mitra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0607568},
  year   = {2008}
}

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11 pages