Coarse metrizability of proper bounded coarse structures

Let XX be a set and let D{\operatorname{D}} be a family of pseudometrics on XX. The topology induced by D{\operatorname{D}} is the topology generated by the pseudometric balls, and Eb(D)\mathcal{E}_b({\operatorname{D}}) is the bounded coarse structure induced by D{\operatorname{D}}. Assume that the induced topology is locally compact and that Eb(D)\mathcal{E}_b({\operatorname{D}}) is proper. Coarse metrizability conjecture. The coarse space (X,Eb(D))(X,\mathcal{E}_b({\operatorname{D}})) is coarsely metrizable: there exists a pseudometric d\operatorname{d} on XX such that

Eb(D)=Eb(d).\mathcal{E}_b({\operatorname{D}})=\mathcal{E}_b({\operatorname{d}}).

The claim asks whether local compactness of the topology together with properness of the bounded coarse structure forces the structure to arise from one pseudometric. The paper immediately states that a counterexample shows the conjecture is false.

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Jesús P. Moreno-Damas, “A bounded coarse structure for families of pseudometrics”, arXiv:1410.2763 (2014).

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