\((\beta)\)-distortion of some infinite graphs (Q2801743)

One of the main definitions of the paper is the following: A Banach space \(X\) has property (\(\beta\)) if for any \(\varepsilon>0\) there exists \(\delta(\varepsilon)\in(0,1)\) so that for every element \(x\in B_X\) and every sequence \((y_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}\subset B_X\) with \(\text{sep}(\{y_i\}_{i=1}^\infty)\geq\varepsilon\), there exists \(i_0\in\mathbb{N}\) such that NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\left\|\dfrac{x-y_{i_0}}{2}\right\|\leq1-\delta(\varepsilon).NEWLINE\]NEWLINE The separation constant of the sequence is defined by \(\text{sep}(\{y_i\}_{i=1}^\infty):=\inf\{\|y_n-y_m\|:n\neq m\}\). \(B_X\) denotes the closed unit ball of \(X\).NEWLINENEWLINEA modulus for the property (\(\beta\)) is defined by: NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\bar{\beta}_X(t)=1-\sup\left\{\inf_{i\geq 1}\left \{\frac{\|x-y_i\|}{2}\right\}: x\in B_X,\, (y_i)_{i=1}^{\infty}\subset B_X, \,\text{sep}(\{y_i\}_{i=1}^\infty)\geq t\right\}.NEWLINE\]NEWLINE \textit{V. Lima} and \textit{N. L. Randrianarivony} [Isr. J. Math. 192, Part A, 311--323 (2012; Zbl 1271.46026)] found relations of property (\(\beta\)) with some important problems of nonlinear geometry of Banach spaces. Later other relations, for example with properties studied by \textit{F. Baudier} et al. [Stud. Math. 199, No. 1, 73--94 (2010; Zbl 1210.46017)], were found.NEWLINENEWLINEIn this connection the study of property (\(\beta\)) became an active research direction (see the papers of S. J. Dilworth, D. Kutzarova, G. Lancien and N. L. Randrianarivony cited in the paper under review). The authors of the present paper study some of the natural problems about this property. For example, they study the distortion of embeddings of an infinitely branching tree of height \(h\) and parasol graphs with \(\ell\) levels into Banach spaces with property (\(\beta\)) admitting an equivalent norm with modulus of power type \(p\in(1,\infty)\). The authors show the tightness of their lower bound for trees using the techniques of \textit{J. Matoušek} [Isr. J. Math. 114, 221--237 (1999; Zbl 0948.46011)].NEWLINENEWLINEFrom the abstract: ``It is also explained how our work unifies and extends a series of results about the stability under nonlinear quotients of the asymptotic structure of infinite-dimensional Banach spaces. Finally two other applications regarding metric characterizations of asymptotic properties of Banach spaces, and the finite determinacy of bi-Lipschitz embeddability problems are discussed.''