A structure theorem for centralizers of dilations in $QI({\mathbb{R}}_{+})$

Abstract

We study centralizers of dilations in the quasi-isometry group of the positive real line. We introduce an asymptotic invariant defined via coarsely dense sequences at infinity and establish a rigidity theorem for quasi-isometries that coarsely commute with a dilation. As an application, we identify the subgroup of the centralizer consisting of elements with non-empty asymptotic invariant and prove that it is naturally isomorphic to the multiplicative group of positive real numbers.

13 pages