Spectral gap and origami expanders

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Main Authors: Arzhantseva, Goulnara, Kielak, Dawid, de Laat, Tim, Sawicki, Damian
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Published: 2021
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author Arzhantseva, Goulnara
Kielak, Dawid
de Laat, Tim
Sawicki, Damian
author_facet Arzhantseva, Goulnara
Kielak, Dawid
de Laat, Tim
Sawicki, Damian
contents We construct the first measure-preserving affine actions with spectral gap on surfaces of arbitrary genus $g > 1$. We achieve this by finding geometric representatives of multi-twists on origami surfaces. As a major application, we construct new expanders that are coarsely distinct from the classical expanders obtained via the Laplacian as Cayley graphs of finite quotients of a group. Our methods also show that the Margulis expander, and hence the Gabber--Galil expander, is coarsely distinct from the Selberg expander.
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spellingShingle Spectral gap and origami expanders
Arzhantseva, Goulnara
Kielak, Dawid
de Laat, Tim
Sawicki, Damian
Metric Geometry
Dynamical Systems
Group Theory
Geometric Topology
05C48 (20F65, 37A30, 37E30, 51F30, 57M60)
We construct the first measure-preserving affine actions with spectral gap on surfaces of arbitrary genus $g > 1$. We achieve this by finding geometric representatives of multi-twists on origami surfaces. As a major application, we construct new expanders that are coarsely distinct from the classical expanders obtained via the Laplacian as Cayley graphs of finite quotients of a group. Our methods also show that the Margulis expander, and hence the Gabber--Galil expander, is coarsely distinct from the Selberg expander.
title Spectral gap and origami expanders
topic Metric Geometry
Dynamical Systems
Group Theory
Geometric Topology
05C48 (20F65, 37A30, 37E30, 51F30, 57M60)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2112.11864