Finite cop number for game spaces with finite doubling constant

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A game space is a compact geodesic metric space equipped with the Cops and Robber game. Its doubling constant is the least k∈N∪{∞}k\in\mathbb{N}\cup\{\infty\} such that every ball B(x,r)B(x,r) can be covered by at most kk balls of radius r/2r/2. The doubling conjecture. If XX is a game space with finite doubling constant, then

c(X)<∞.c(X)<\infty.

This is posed among the paper's open problems connecting cop number with classical metric properties; the source gives no resolution.

References

Primary source

Agelos Georgakopoulos, “Compact metric spaces with infinite cop number”, arXiv:2309.03757 (2023).

Progress summary

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No proof or counterexample to the conjecture has been publicly reported.

No public discussion or published progress resolving this conjecture was found; the paper that posed it lists it as open.

Current status (as of October 2026): The doubling conjecture remains open, with no recorded proof or counterexample.

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