 Coarse embedding (source code)

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= Coarse embedding
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A map $f:X\to Y$ is a coarse embedding when nondecreasing functions $\rho_-,\rho_+:[0,\infty)\to[0,\infty)$ satisfy
$$
\rho_-(d_X(x,y))\leq d_Y(f(x),f(y))\leq\rho_+(d_X(x,y)),
\qquad \rho_-(t)\longrightarrow\infty.
$$

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