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Kesten's criterion for discrete probability measure-preserving groupoids

Functional Analysis 2025-12-11 v1 Dynamical Systems Group Theory Probability

Abstract

Inspired by Kesten's criterion for the amenability of groups, we establish a characterization of the amenability of discrete probability measure-preserving groupoids in terms of the operator norms of symmetric invariant Markov operators.

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@article{arxiv.2512.09507,
  title  = {Kesten's criterion for discrete probability measure-preserving groupoids},
  author = {Soham Chakraborty and Milan Donvil and Felipe Flores and Mario Klisse},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.09507},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages