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.
Følner sequence for the integers 2026-10-03
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.