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Fat minors cannot be thinned (by quasi-isometries)

Published 15 May 2024 in math.CO and math.MG | (2405.09383v1)

Abstract: We disprove the conjecture of Georgakopoulos and Papasoglu that a length space (or graph) with no $K$-fat $H$ minor is quasi-isometric to a graph with no $H$ minor. Our counterexample is furthermore not quasi-isometric to a graph with no 2-fat $H$ minor or a length space with no $H$ minor. On the other hand, we show that the following weakening holds: any graph with no $K$-fat $H$ minor is quasi-isometric to a graph with no $3$-fat $H$ minor.

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