The standard-form conjecture for quasi-isometries of nondegenerate Sol-type groups

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Let G≅∏i=1nNi⋊RkG\cong \prod_{i=1}^n \mathbf{N}_i \rtimes \mathbb{R}^k be nondegenerate with n≥2n\ge 2. Let q:G→Gq:G\to G be a quasi-isometry for some, and hence any, left-invariant Riemannian metric. Let Rk‾\overline{\mathbb{R}^k} be any lift of the quotient map G→RkG\to\mathbb{R}^k, and give GG semi-direct normal coordinates with the factor Rk‾\overline{\mathbb{R}^k} on the right. Standard-form conjecture. The map qq is at finite distance from a map Lx∘(∏i=1nfi)∘σL_x\circ (\prod_{i=1}^n f_i)\circ\sigma, where LxL_x is left-translation by a group element, each fif_i is a map from Ni\mathbf{N}_i to itself, and σ\sigma belongs to a finite group of symmetries that simultaneously permute the Ni\mathbf{N}_i and act on Rk‾\overline{\mathbb{R}^k} by a linear isomorphism permuting the associated roots, with the property that if σ∗αi=αj\sigma^*\alpha_i=\alpha_j, then σ(Ni)=Nj\sigma(\mathbf{N}_i)=\mathbf{N}_j and (Ni,Di)(\mathbf{N}_i,D_i) is isomorphic to (Nj,Dj)(\mathbf{N}_j,D_j). The conjecture would give the structural description of quasi-isometries needed to establish intrinsic rough-isometry results for these groups; the supplied text does not indicate whether it is known or open.

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Daniel N. Levitin, “Left-Invariant Riemannian Distances on Higher-Rank Sol-Type Groups”, arXiv:2412.11290 (2025).

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