Quasi-isometric recognition of virtually polycyclic groups

Formal proof listed 1 paper September 24, 2026
What the paper claims, in its own words

Proves that every finitely generated group quasi-isometric to a finitely generated virtually polycyclic group is virtually polycyclic, resolving the Eskin–Fisher–Whyte lattice-recognition conjecture. Equivalently, a group quasi-isometric to a lattice in a connected simply connected solvable Lie group is virtually a uniform lattice in some such Lie group, possibly a different one.

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