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The Optimal Scaling Parameter in Metric Cotype for Alexandrov Spaces of Nonnegative Curvature

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We determine the optimal order of the scaling parameter in the metric cotype $2$ inequality for complete Alexandrov spaces of nonnegative curvature. It grows linearly with the dimension $n$ of the discrete torus. This answers Question 17 of Eskenazis, Mendel, and Naor. In their sign-vector normalization on $\bigl(\mathbb{Z}/(2m\mathbb{Z})\bigr)^n$, the square of the optimal metric cotype $2$ constant for this class lies between $\max\{1,n/m\}$ and $e\lceil n/m\rceil$ for every dyadic $m\geq 2$. The upper bound follows from a dyadic Bernoulli-thinning argument using only the Lang--Schroeder--Sturm inequality. Snowflake universality of the fixed Wasserstein space $\mathcal{P}_2(\mathbb{R}^3)$ gives the $n/m$ lower bound.

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Qingjin Cheng, Longfa Sun, Yipeng Zhang. 2026-09-08. The Optimal Scaling Parameter in Metric Cotype for Alexandrov Spaces of Nonnegative Curvature. https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.08754

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