Rapid Decay for Principal \'Etale Groupoids

Abstract

This work concerns a generalization of property (RD) from discrete groups to twisted \'etale groupoids equipped with a length function. We show that, under the assumption that the \'etale groupoid is principal, twisted property (RD) is equivalent to polynomial growth. This generalizes a result of Chen and Wei concerning rapid decay for metric spaces with bounded geometry. Additionally, some permanence properties of groupoid (RD) are established.