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A new construction of universal spaces for asymptotic dimension

Geometric Topology 2017-08-14 v1

Abstract

For each nn, we construct a separable metric space Un\mathbb{U}_n that is universal in the coarse category of separable metric spaces with asymptotic dimension (asdim\mathop{asdim}) at most nn and universal in the uniform category of separable metric spaces with uniform dimension (udim\mathop{udim}) at most nn. Thus, Un\mathbb{U}_n serves as a universal space for dimension nn in both the large-scale and infinitesimal topology. More precisely, we prove: asdimUn=udimUn=n \mathop{asdim} \mathbb{U}_n = \mathop{udim} \mathbb{U}_n = n and such that for each separable metric space XX, a) if asdimXn\mathop{asdim} X \leq n, then XX is coarsely equivalent to a subset of Un\mathbb{U}_n; b) if udimXn\mathop{udim} X \leq n, then XX is uniformly homeomorphic to a subset of Un\mathbb{U}_n.

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@article{arxiv.1708.03455,
  title  = {A new construction of universal spaces for asymptotic dimension},
  author = {G. C. Bell and A. Nagórko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.03455},
  year   = {2017}
}