Measure-scaling quasi-isometries

DOI10.1007/S10711-022-00695-6arXiv2105.04883MaRDI QIDQ6367353FDOQ6367353

Authors: Anthony Genevois, Romain Tessera 

Publication date: 11 May 2021

Abstract: A measure-scaling quasi-isometry between two connected graphs is a quasi-isometry that is quasi-$kappa$-to-one in a natural sense for some $kappa>0$. For non-amenable graphs, all quasi-isometries are quasi-$kappa$-to-one for any $kappa>0$, while for amenable ones there exists at most one possible such $kappa$. For an amenable graph $X$, we show that the set of possible $kappa$ forms a subgroup of $mathbb{R}_{>0}$ that we call the (measure-)scaling group of $X$. This group is invariant under measure-scaling quasi-isometries. In the context of Cayley graphs, this implies for instance that two uniform lattices in a given locally compact group have same scaling groups. We compute the scaling group in a number of cases. For instance it is all of $mathbb{R}_{>0}$ for lattices in Carnot groups, SOL or solvable Baumslag Solitar groups, but is a (strict) subgroup $mathbb{Q}_{>0}$ for lamplighter groups over finitely presented amenable groups.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Asymptotic properties of groups (20F69)

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