Generalisations of coarse spaces (Q2312458)

Quasi-coarse spaces and semi-coarse spaces are introduced. These structures are the large-scale counterparts of quasi-uniform and semi-uniform spaces and generalise the coarse structures introduced by \textit{J. Roe} [Lectures on coarse geometry. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (2003; Zbl 1042.53027)]. The author studies the categories \textbf{QCoarse} and \textbf{SCoarse} of quasi-coarse spaces and semi-coarse spaces (with bornologous maps as morphisms). The category of entourage spaces and bornologous maps is also introduced, as a common extension of \textbf{QCoarse} and \textbf{SCoarse}. Basic notions of coarse geometry (e.g., morphisms, as bornologous maps, connectedness, boundedness) are adapted to this more general setting.