Bounded cohomology of classifying spaces for families of subgroups (Q6164247)

The author introduces a generalization of bounded cohomology as bounded version of Bredon cohomology for groups relative to a family of subgroups, i.e. a collection of subgroups of a group G such that it is closed under conjugation and under taking subgroups. This generalization of bounded cohomology, like the Bredon cohomology, is well-behaved with respect to normal subgroups and admits a topological interpretation in terms of classifying spaces for families. Analogous to \textit{B. E. Johnson}'s characterization of amenability [Cohomology in Banach algebras. Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society (AMS) (1972; Zbl 0256.18014)], the author proves a characterization of relatively amenable groups in terms of bounded Bredon cohomology. He also provides a characterization of relative amenability in terms of relatively injective modules. Analogous to \textit{I. Mineyev}'s characterization of hyperbolicity [Q. J. Math. 53, No. 1, 59--73 (2002; Zbl 1013.20048)], the relative hyperbolicity is characterized in terms of this generalized bounded cohomology.