Invariant means for the wobbling group (Q2349223)

For a metric space \((X,d)\) the wobbling group of \(X\), say \(W(X),\) is the group of bijections \(g:X\rightarrow X\) which satisfy \(\sup_{x\in X}d(g(x),x)< \infty.\) An action of a group \(G\) on a set \(X\) is called amenable if there is a \(G\)-invariant mean on \(X\). Suppose that \(G\) is a discrete group which acts transitively on the set \(X\). One can see that \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) carries an action of itself by translation and also an action of \(G\) which gives rise to an action of \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\rtimes G\). A metric space \(X\) has bounded geometry if for every \(R>0\) the balls of radius \(R\) have bounded cardinality. A metric space \((X,d)\) with bounded geometry is called transient if there is \(R>0\) such that the random walk starting at a fixed \(x_o \in X\) and jumping from a point \(x\) uniformly to \(B(x,R)\) is transient, otherwise it is called recurrent. (This notion does not depend on \(x_o\).) The authors show that for a recurrent metric space \(X\) with bounded geometry, the action of \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\rtimes W(X)\) on \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) is amenable. They show that for some non-recurrent metric spaces, the action of \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\rtimes W(X)\) on \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) is not amenable. Also for a group \(G\) which acts on \(X\), they found out that if the action of \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\rtimes G\) on \(\bigoplus_{x\in X}\mathbb{Z}/2\mathbb{Z}\) is amenable, then so is the action of \(G\) on \(X\) but the converse is not true. They also study property \((T)\) for \(W(X).\) They show that for a metric space \(X\) with uniform subexponential growth, \(W(X)\) does not have an infinite countable property \((T)\) group. Also they prove that there is a solvable group \(G\) such that \(W(G)\) contains the property \((T)\) group \(\mathrm{SL}(3,\mathbb{Z})\).