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By recognizing them as fundamental groups of developable complexes of groups we prove that mapping class groups of compact orientable surfaces have finite asymptotic dimension.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-01-22 Gregory C. Bell , Alexander Dranishnikov

Big mapping class groups are the mapping class groups of infinite-type surfaces, that is, surfaces whose fundamental groups are not finitely generated. While mapping class groups of finite-type surfaces have been extensively studied, the…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Celal Can Bellek

Let $S$ be an infinite-type surface and let $G \leq \operatorname{Map}(S)$ be a locally bounded Polish subgroup. We construct a metric graph $M$ of simple arcs and curves on $S$ preserved by the action of $G$ and for which the vertex orbit…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Michael C. Kopreski , George Shaji

It is proven that if a finitely presented group is one ended it has asymptotic dimension bigger than one. It follows that finitely presented groups with asdim 1 are virtually free. A counterexample is given for the finitely generated case.

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2007-09-02 Thanos Gentimis

We study the large-scale geometry of mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite type, using the framework of Rosendal for coarse geometry of non locally compact groups. We give a complete classification of those surfaces whose mapping…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2023-09-06 Kathryn Mann , Kasra Rafi

We examine asymptotic dimension and property A for groups acting on complexes. In particular, we prove that the fundamental group of a finite, developable complex of groups will have finite asymptotic dimension provided the geometric…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gregory C. Bell

We find an upper bound for the asymptotic dimension of a hyperbolic metric space with a set of geodesics satisfying a certain boundedness condition studied by Bowditch. The primary example is a collection of tight geodesics on the curve…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Gregory Bell , Koji Fujiwara

We prove that all hierarchically hyperbolic spaces have finite asymptotic dimension and obtain strong bounds on these dimensions. One application of this result is to obtain the sharpest known bound on the asymptotic dimension of the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2017-05-04 Jason Behrstock , Mark F. Hagen , Alessandro Sisto

We show for a free action of a countable group $\Gamma$ on a finite-dimensional, compact metric space by homeomorphisms that the dynamic asymptotic dimension is either infinite or coincides with the asymptotic dimension of $\Gamma$.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-01-07 Samantha Pilgrim

In this paper, we determine the asymptotic dimension for all surface braid groups -- including those associated with non-orientable and infinite-type surfaces -- as well as for torsion-free poly-finitely generated surface groups. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-30 Porfirio L. León Álvarez , Israel Morales

We prove a version of the countable union theorem for asymptotic dimension and we apply it to groups acting on asymptotically finite dimensional metric spaces. As a consequence we obtain the following finite dimensionality theorems. A) An…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-01 G. Bell , A. Dranishnikov

We survey recent developments on mapping class groups of surfaces of infinite topological type.

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2024-03-11 Javier Aramayona , Nicholas G. Vlamis

It is relatively easy to construct a finitely generated group with infinite asymptotic dimension: the restricted wreath product of $\mathbb{Z}$ by $\mathbb{Z}$ provides an example. In light of this, it becomes interesting to consider the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Gregory C. Bell

Suppose that a finitely generated group $G$ is hyperbolic relative to a collection of subgroups $\{H_1, ..., H_m\} $. We prove that if each of the subgroups $H_1, ..., H_m$ has finite asymptotic dimension, then asymptotic dimension of $G$…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 D. V. Osin

We investigate the problem of when big mapping class groups are generated by involutions. Restricting our attention to the class of self-similar surfaces, which are surfaces with self-similar ends space, as defined by Mann and Rafi, and…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Justin Malestein , Jing Tao

Inspired by a classical theorem of topological dimension theory, we prove that every geodesic metric space of asymptotic dimension $n$ containing a bi-infinite geodesic can be coarsely separated by a subset $S$ of asymptotic dimension equal…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-26 Panagiotis Tselekidis

Finite decomposition complexity and asymptotic dimension growth are two generalizations of M. Gromov's asymptotic dimension which can be used to prove property A for large classes of finitely generated groups of infinite asymptotic…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-26 Trevor Davila

Mann and Rafi's seminal work initiated the study of the coarse geometry of big mapping class groups. Specifically, they construct coarsely bounded (CB) generating sets for mapping class groups of a large class of infinite-type surfaces. In…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2025-05-23 Thomas Hill , Sanghoon Kwak , Rebecca Rechkin

In this paper, we study some large scale properties of the mother groups of bounded automata groups. First we give two methods to prove every mother group has infinite asymptotic dimension. Then we study the decomposition complexity of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-10-02 Xiaoman Chen , Jiawen Zhang

We give a criterion to prove that some groups are not acylindrically hyperbolic. As an application, we prove that the mapping class group of an infinite type surface is not acylindrically hyperbolic.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-18 Juliette Bavard , Anthony Genevois
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