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Asymptotic cones and Assouad-Nagata dimension

Metric Geometry 2008-12-15 v3 Geometric Topology

Abstract

We prove the dimension of any asymptotic cone over a metric space X does not exceed the asymptotic Assouad-Nagata dimension of X. This improves a result of Dranishnikov and Smith who showed that dim(Y) does not exceed asymptotic Assouad-Nagata dimension of X for all separable subsets Y of special asymptotic cones of X over an exponential ultrafilter. We also show that Assouad-Nagata dimension of the discrete Heisenberg group equals its asymptotic dimension.

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@article{arxiv.math/0610338,
  title  = {Asymptotic cones and Assouad-Nagata dimension},
  author = {J. Dydak and J. Higes},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0610338},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

11 pages, comments from Behrstock, Brodskiy, Dranishnikov included

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