On weaker notions of nonlinear embeddings between Banach spaces (Q1709721)

The author calls the following well-known problem (Problem 1.1), which remains open in general, but for which positive answers are known in several interesting special cases: ``Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be Banach spaces. Are the following equivalent? (i) \(X\) coarsely embeds into \(Y\). (ii) \(X\) uniformly embeds into \(Y\). (iii) \(X\) strongly embeds into \(Y\).'' (A strong embedding is an embedding which is simultaneously coarse and uniform.) After that, the author recalls the natural weakenings for the concepts of uniform and coarse embeddings introduced by \textit{C. Rosendal} [Forum Math. Sigma 5, Article ID e22, 62 p. (2017; Zbl 1405.46018)]: Given a map \(f:(M,d)\to(N,\partial)\) between metric spaces, say that \(f\) is uncollapsed if there exists some \(t>0\) such that \(\rho_f(t):=\inf\{\partial(f(x),f(y))\mid d(x,y)\geq t\}>0\). The map \(f\) is called solvent if, for each \(n\in{\mathbb N}\), there exists \(R>0\) such that \(d(x,y)\in [R,R+n]\) implies \(\partial(f(x),f(y))>n\) for all \(x,y\in M\). For each \(t\geq 0\), define the exact compression modulus of \(f\) as \(\overline{\rho}_f(t)=\inf\{\partial(f(x),f(y))\mid d(x,y)=t\}\). The map \(f\) is called almost uncollapsed if there exists some \(t>0\) such that \(\overline{\rho}_f(t)>0\). With these notions, the author poses a problem (Problem 1.2) which can be regarded as a strengthening (if the answer is positive) of Problem 1.1: ``Let \(X\) and \(Y\) be Banach spaces. Are the statements in Problem 1.1 equivalent to the following weaker statements? (iv) \(X\) maps into \(Y\) by a map which is coarse and solvent. (v) \(X\) maps into \(Y\) by a map which is uniformly continuous and almost uncollapsed.'' The paper is devoted to proving that, in several special cases, even this stronger version of Problem 1.1 has positive answers, and to finding obstructions to the existence of coarse solvent and uniformly continuous almost uncollapsed maps.