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Gromov's macroscopic dimension conjecture

Geometric Topology 2009-05-01 v1

Abstract

In this note we construct a closed 4-manifold having torsion-free fundamental group and whose universal covering is of macroscopic dimension 3. This yields a counterexample to Gromov's conjecture about the falling of macroscopic dimension.

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@article{arxiv.0904.4886,
  title  = {Gromov's macroscopic dimension conjecture},
  author = {Dmitry Bolotov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.4886},
  year   = {2009}
}

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This is the version published by Algebraic & Geometric Topology on 14 October 2006

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