Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2025 iii Paper 133 3 a Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Any two word metrics from finite generating sets on the same group are bilipschitz equivalent. Indeed, if are finite, let ; then , and the reverse inequality follows symmetrically. Apply this once to the two finite generating sets of and once to those of . Composing these bilipschitz identity maps with the inclusion changes only the multiplicative and additive constants in the quasi-isometric embedding inequalities. Thus being a quasi-isometrically embedded subgroup is independent of and .
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 iii Paper 133 4 d Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-09-24
Fix a hyperbolicity constant for . For a prescribed , scale its distance byAll distances in every geodesic triangle, including its thinness constant, scale by . Henceis -hyperbolic. Multiplication of a metric by a fixed positive constant is a bilipschitz equivalence and hence a quasi-isometry. Therefore is quasi-isometric to and cannot be a quasi-tree. This supplies an example for every .