Minimal Følner foliations are amenable

DOI10.3934/DCDS.2011.31.685zbMATH Open1251.37002arXiv1001.2793OpenAlexW2963225128MaRDI QIDQ652201FDOQ652201

Authors: Fernando Alcalde Cuesta, Ana Rechtman 

Publication date: 13 December 2011

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For finitely generated groups, amenability and F{o}lner properties are equivalent. However, contrary to a widespread idea, Kaimanovich showed that F{o}lner condition does not imply amenability for discrete measured equivalence relations. In this paper, we exhibit two examples of $C^{i}nfty$ foliations of closed manifolds that are F{o}lner and non amenable with respect to a finite transverse invariant measure and a transverse invariant volume, respectively. We also prove the equivalence between the two notions when the foliation is minimal, that is all the leaves are dense, giving a positive answer to a question of Kaimanovich. The equivalence is stated with respect to transverse invarian measures or some tangentially smooth measures. The latter include harmonic measures, and in this case the F{o}lner condition has to be replaced by $eta$-F{o}lner (where the usual volume is modified by the modular form $eta$ of the measure).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1001.2793

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zbMATH Keywords

foliationsamenable foliationsmeasurable equivalence relationsFølner leaves

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Algebraic ergodic theory, cocycles, orbit equivalence, ergodic equivalence relations (37A20) Means on groups, semigroups, etc.; amenable groups (43A07) Foliations in differential topology; geometric theory (57R30)

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• Harmonic measures in embedded foliated manifolds
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