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Let \(M_p(X,T)\) denote the Markov type p constant at time T of a metric space X, where \(p \ge 1\). We show that \(M_p(Y,T) \le M_p(X,T)\) in each of the following cases: (a) X and Y are geodesic spaces and Y is covered by X via a finite-sheeted locally isometric covering, (b) Y is the quotient of X by a finite group of isometries, (c) Y is the \(L^p\)-Wasserstein space over X. As an application of (a) we show that all compact flat manifolds have Markov type 2 with constant 1. In particular the circle with its intrinsic metric has Markov type 2 with constant 1. This answers the question raised by S.-I. Ohta and M. Pichot. Parts (b) and (c) imply new upper bounds for Markov type constants of the \(L^p\)-Wasserstein space over \({\mathbb {R}}^d\). These bounds were conjectured by A. Andoni, A. Naor and O. Neiman. They imply certain restrictions on bi-Lipschitz embeddability of snowflakes into such Wasserstein spaces.
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I thank my advisor Sergey V. Ivanov for all his ideas, advice and continuous support. I am grateful to Prof. Assaf Naor for valuable comments on the preliminary version of the paper which result in particular in Corollary 3(1). I express my gratitude to an anonymous referee for corrections, comments and suggestions. The paper is supported by the Russian Science Foundation under Grant 16-11-10039.
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Zolotov, V. Markov type constants, flat tori and Wasserstein spaces. Geom Dedicata 195, 249–263 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10711-017-0287-0
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