Følner condition implies amenability 2026-10-03
Normalized counting measures on a Følner sequence have a convergent subnet in the compact product . The limit is a left-invariant finitely additive probability measure, so every group satisfying the Følner condition is an amenable group.
Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2019 iii Paper 143 4 b Solution 2026-10-03
For a finite generating set , the Følner condition requires that for every there be a nonempty finite such thatwhere denotes symmetric difference. Choose a Følner sequence and define normalized counting functions on all subsets byBy compactness of the product , some subnet converges pointwise to a function . The identities and finite additivity on disjoint subsets pass to the limit, so is a finitely additive probability measure.
For a fixed , the triangle inequality for symmetric differences givesConsequentlyso . The limit is left invariant and the Følner condition implies amenability. Thus every finitely generated group satisfying the Følner condition is amenable.