The finite-dimensionality conjecture for quasimorphisms

Let GG be a finitely presented group, and let gng_n be obtained by a length-nn random walk, conditioned to lie in [G,G][G,G]. Suppose that, for every ϵ>0\epsilon>0, there is a positive constant bb such that

P(scl(gn)n<b)1ϵ{\mathbf P}\left(\frac{\operatorname{scl}(g_n)}{\sqrt n}<b\right)\ge 1-\epsilon

for n0n\gg0. Finite-dimensionality conjecture. Then Q(G)Q(G) is finite dimensional. Here Q(G)Q(G) denotes the space of homogeneous quasimorphisms modulo homomorphisms. The conjecture proposes that an O(n)O(\sqrt n) upper bound for random stable commutator length characterizes finite-dimensionality of Q(G)Q(G) among finitely presented groups; the source supplies no resolution.

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Danny Calegari and Joseph Maher, “Statistics and compression of scl”, arXiv:1008.4952 (2013).

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