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Main Authors: Gartland, C., Randrianantoanina, B., Randrianarivony, N. L.
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29011
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author Gartland, C.
Randrianantoanina, B.
Randrianarivony, N. L.
author_facet Gartland, C.
Randrianantoanina, B.
Randrianarivony, N. L.
contents We prove that for all metric spaces $X$ the following properties of the lamplighter space $\mathsf{La}(X)$ are equivalent: (1) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ has finite Nagata dimension, (2) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ has Markov type 2, (3) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ does not contain the Hamming cubes with uniformly bounded biLipschitz distortion, (4) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ admits a weak biLipschitz embedding into a finite product of $\mathbb{R}$-trees. We characterize metric spaces $X$ for which $\mathsf{La}(X)$ satisfies properties (1)-(4) as those whose traveling salesman problem can be solved ``as efficiently" as the traveling salesman problem in $\mathbb{R}$. We also prove that if such metric spaces $X$ admit a biLipschitz embedding into $\mathbb{R}^n$, then $\mathsf{La}(X)$ admits a biLipschitz embedding into the product of $3n$ $\mathbb{R}$-trees.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear type and metric embeddings of lamplighter spaces
Gartland, C.
Randrianantoanina, B.
Randrianarivony, N. L.
Functional Analysis
We prove that for all metric spaces $X$ the following properties of the lamplighter space $\mathsf{La}(X)$ are equivalent: (1) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ has finite Nagata dimension, (2) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ has Markov type 2, (3) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ does not contain the Hamming cubes with uniformly bounded biLipschitz distortion, (4) $\mathsf{La}(X)$ admits a weak biLipschitz embedding into a finite product of $\mathbb{R}$-trees. We characterize metric spaces $X$ for which $\mathsf{La}(X)$ satisfies properties (1)-(4) as those whose traveling salesman problem can be solved ``as efficiently" as the traveling salesman problem in $\mathbb{R}$. We also prove that if such metric spaces $X$ admit a biLipschitz embedding into $\mathbb{R}^n$, then $\mathsf{La}(X)$ admits a biLipschitz embedding into the product of $3n$ $\mathbb{R}$-trees.
title Nonlinear type and metric embeddings of lamplighter spaces
topic Functional Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.29011