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The Haagerup property is not invariant under quasi-isometry

Group Theory 2026-02-25 v2

Abstract

Using the work of Cornulier-Valette and Whyte, we show that neither the Haagerup property nor weak amenability is invariant under quasi-isometry of finitely generated groups.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1403.5446,
  title  = {The Haagerup property is not invariant under quasi-isometry},
  author = {Mathieu Carette and Kevin Whyte and Sylvain Arnt and Thibault Pillon and Alain Valette},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.5446},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

12 pages; Appendix A by Kevin Whyte; Appendix B by Sylvain Arnt, Thibault Pillon and Alain Valette