Alternative weak cop number and excluded asymptotic minors
Determine whether every connected graph that excludes a finite planar graph as an asymptotic minor has finite alternative weak cop number $\wco'(G)$, and, if so, determine whether this number is bounded by a function of the maximum treewidth of finite asymptotic minors, possibly with the identity function as the bound.
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Is it true that if a connected graph $G$ excludes some finite planar graph $H$ as an asymptotic minor, then $\wco'(G)< \infty$? If so, does there exist some function $f:\mathbb N\to \mathbb N$ such that $\wco'(G)\leq f\big(\max\sg{\tw(H): |H|<\infty~\text{and}~H\preceq_{\infty} G}\big)?$ Can we choose $f=\mathrm{id}_{\mathbb N}$?
— Coarse cops and robber in graphs and groups
(2502.15571 - Esperet et al., 21 Feb 2025) in Question (q: minors'), Section 5, subsection “Alternative versions of the weak and strong games”