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On the dimension of Z-sets

Geometric Topology 2013-07-16 v1

Abstract

We offer a short and elementary proof that, for a Z-set A in a finite-dimensional ANR Y, dimA<dimY. This result is relevant to the study of group boundaries. The original proof by Bestvina and Mess relied on cohomological dimension theory.

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@article{arxiv.1307.3663,
  title  = {On the dimension of Z-sets},
  author = {Craig R. Guilbault and Carrie J. Tirel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.3663},
  year   = {2013}
}

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4 pages, no figures