Asymptotic dimension of coarse spaces via maps to simplicial complexes (Q1709066)

It is known that a paracompact space \(X\) has covering dimension at most \(n\) if and only if given any continuous map \(f: X\to K\) to a simplicial complex with a restriction \(g: A\to K^{(n)}\) from a closed subset of \(X\) to the \(n\)-skeleton, there exists a filler \(h: X\to K^{(n)}\), i.e., \(h|A = g\) and \(h(x) \in \Delta\) whenever \(f(x)\in\Delta\) for any simplex \(\Delta\) of \(K\). In an analogous way, the authors formulate a characterization of asymptotic dimension in the coarse category of arbitrary coarse spaces, introducing the notion of \(({\mathcal U}, \varepsilon)\)-partition of unity for \(\varepsilon>0\) and a uniformly bounded cover \({\mathcal U}\) of \(X\). More precisely, they show that if a coarse space \(X\) has asymptotic dimension at most \(n\), then for every \(\varepsilon>0\) and uniformly bounded cover \({\mathcal U}\) of \(X\), there exist \(\delta>0\) and a uniformly bounded cover \({\mathcal V}\) of \(X\) such that given any \(({\mathcal V}, \delta)\)-partition of unity \(f: X\to K\) with a restriction \(g: A\to K^{(n)}\) from a subset of \(X\), there exists a filler \(h: X\to K^{(n)}\) that is a \(({\mathcal U}, \varepsilon)\)-partition of unity. Moreover, the authors introduce the notion of large scale paracompactness for arbitrary coarse spaces, which is a generalization of metric spaces with Property A of G. Yu, and show that if \(X\) is a large scale paracompact space and has the above property, then the asymptotic dimension of \(X\) is at most \(n\).