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Ball's extension problem for Lipschitz maps from Hilbert space into ℓ1\ell_1, via the Mendel-Naor metric Markov cotype question

Theorem 1.1: real ℓ1\ell_1 has metric Markov cotype two with N2(ℓ1)≤1221N_2(\ell_1)\le12\sqrt{21}, uniformly in the number of points, coordinates and time parameter; complex ℓ1\ell_1 follows with 124212\sqrt{42}. Corollary: there is a universal KK such that every Lipschitz f:S→ℓ1f:S\to\ell_1, SS any subset of a real Hilbert space, extends to F:H→ℓ1F:H\to\ell_1 with Lip(F)≤K Lip(f)\mathrm{Lip}(F)\le K\,\mathrm{Lip}(f). The construction is nonlinear (expected coordinatewise medians of geometric-walk endpoints after cut smoothing), consistent with the known failure of Ball's linear Markov cotype for ℓ1\ell_1 and the Kalton-based subspace counterexample. No optimal constant is claimed, and targets other than ℓ1\ell_1 are not treated.

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Occurred: Oct 5, 2026

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Theorem 1.1: real ℓ1\ell_1 has metric Markov cotype two with N2(ℓ1)≤1221N_2(\ell_1)\le12\sqrt{21}, uniformly in the number of points, coordinates and time parameter; complex ℓ1\ell_1 follows with 124212\sqrt{42}. Corollary: there is a universal KK such that every Lipschitz f:S→ℓ1f:S\to\ell_1, SS any subset of a real Hilbert space, extends to F:H→ℓ1F:H\to\ell_1 with Lip(F)≤K Lip(f)\mathrm{Lip}(F)\le K\,\mathrm{Lip}(f). The construction is nonlinear (expected coordinatewise medians of geometric-walk endpoints after cut smoothing), consistent with the known failure of Ball's linear Markov cotype for ℓ1\ell_1 and the Kalton-based subspace counterexample. No optimal constant is claimed, and targets other than ℓ1\ell_1 are not treated. parent of this event

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