Published online by Cambridge University Press: 13 January 2020
We prove that the class of reflexive asymptotic-$c_{0}$ Banach spaces is coarsely rigid, meaning that if a Banach space $X$ coarsely embeds into a reflexive asymptotic-$c_{0}$ space $Y$, then $X$ is also reflexive and asymptotic-$c_{0}$. In order to achieve this result, we provide a purely metric characterization of this class of Banach spaces. This metric characterization takes the form of a concentration inequality for Lipschitz maps on the Hamming graphs, which is rigid under coarse embeddings. Using an example of a quasi-reflexive asymptotic-$c_{0}$ space, we show that this concentration inequality is not equivalent to the non-equi-coarse embeddability of the Hamming graphs.
F. Baudier was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Number DMS-1800322. G. Lancien was supported by the French ‘Investissements d’Avenir’ program, project ISITE-BFC (contract ANR-15-IDEX-03). P. Motakis was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DMS-1600600 and DMS-1912897. Th. Schlumprecht was supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Numbers DMS-1464713 and DMS-1711076.