Coarse $mathcal{Z}$-Boundaries for Groups

We generalize Bestvinas notion of a $mathcal{Z}$-boundary for a group to that of a coarse $mathcal{Z}$-boundary. We show that established theorems about $mathcal{Z}$-boundaries carry over nicely to the more general theory, and that some wished-for properties of $mathcal{Z}$-boundaries become theorems when applied to coarse $mathcal{Z}$-boundaries. Most notably, the property of admitting a coarse $mathcal{Z}$-boundary is a pure quasi-isometry invariant. In the process, we streamline both new and existing definitions by introducing the notion of a model $mathcal{Z}$-geometry. In accordance with the existing theory, we also develop an equivariant version of the above -- that of a coarse $Emathcal{Z}$-boundary.