Homogeneous length functions on groups

DOI10.2140/ANT.2018.12.1773zbMATH Open1477.20076arXiv1801.03908OpenAlexW3104517253MaRDI QIDQ1621982FDOQ1621982

Authors: D. H. J. Polymath 

Publication date: 12 November 2018

Published in: Algebra \& Number Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A pseudo-length function defined on an arbitrary group $G=(G,cdot,e,(,{)}^{-1})$ is a map $ell:Go[0,+infty)$ obeying $ell(e)=0$, the symmetry property $ell(x^{-1})=ell(x)$, and the triangle inequality $ell(xy)leqslantell(x)+ell(y)$ for all $x,yinG$. We consider pseudo-length functions which saturate the triangle inequality whenever $x=y$, or equivalently those that are homogeneous in the sense that $ell(x^n)=n,ell(x)$ for all $ninmathbbN$. We show that this implies that $ell([x,y])=0$ for all $x,yinG$. This leads to a classification of such pseudo-length functions as pullbacks from embeddings into a Banach space. We also obtain a quantitative version of our main result which allows for defects in the triangle inequality or the homogeneity property.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.03908

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zbMATH Keywords

quasimorphismBanach space embeddinghomogeneous length functionpseudolength function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Embeddings of discrete metric spaces into Banach spaces; applications in topology and computer science (46B85) Commutator calculus (20F12)

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