On the dimension of Z-sets

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2013.07.017zbMATH Open1282.55007arXiv1307.3663OpenAlexW2962991215MaRDI QIDQ387232FDOQ387232

Authors: Craig R. Guilbault, Carrie J. Tirel 

Publication date: 20 December 2013

Published in: Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1307.3663

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zbMATH Keywords

covering dimension\(\mathcal Z\)-boundary\(\mathcal Z\)-compactification\(\mathcal Z\)-set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Geometric group theory (20F65) Dimension theory in general topology (54F45) Dimension theory in algebraic topology (55M10)

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