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Asymptotic dimension of a hyperbolic space and capacity dimension of its boundary at infinity

Geometric Topology 2009-06-04 v1 Metric Geometry

Abstract

We introduce a quasi-symmetry invariant of a metric space Z called the capacity dimension. Our main result says that for a visual Gromov hyperbolic space X the asymptotic dimension of X is at most the capacity dimension of its boundary at infinity plus 1.

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@article{arxiv.math/0505427,
  title  = {Asymptotic dimension of a hyperbolic space and capacity dimension of its boundary at infinity},
  author = {S. Buyalo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0505427},
  year   = {2009}
}

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23 pages