Minimal F{\o}lner foliations are amenable
Abstract
For finitely generated groups, amenability and F{\o}lner properties are equivalent. However, contrary to a widespread idea, Kaimanovich showed that F{\o}lner condition does not imply amenability for discrete measured equivalence relations. In this paper, we exhibit two examples of foliations of closed manifolds that are F{\o}lner and non amenable with respect to a finite transverse invariant measure and a transverse invariant volume, respectively. We also prove the equivalence between the two notions when the foliation is minimal, that is all the leaves are dense, giving a positive answer to a question of Kaimanovich. The equivalence is stated with respect to transverse invarian measures or some tangentially smooth measures. The latter include harmonic measures, and in this case the F{\o}lner condition has to be replaced by -F{\o}lner (where the usual volume is modified by the modular form of the measure).
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@article{arxiv.1001.2793,
title = {Minimal F{\o}lner foliations are amenable},
author = {Fernando Alcalde Cuesta and Ana Rechtman},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1001.2793},
year = {2011}
}