On a formula for the asymptotic dimension of free products

G. C. Bell; A. N. Dranishnikov; J. E. Keesling

Fundamenta Mathematicae (2004)

  • Volume: 183, Issue: 1, page 39-45
  • ISSN: 0016-2736

Abstract

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We prove an exact formula for the asymptotic dimension (asdim) of a free product. Our main theorem states that if A and B are finitely generated groups with asdim A = n and asdim B ≤ n, then asdim (A*B) = max n,1.

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G. C. Bell, A. N. Dranishnikov, and J. E. Keesling. "On a formula for the asymptotic dimension of free products." Fundamenta Mathematicae 183.1 (2004): 39-45. <http://eudml.org/doc/282954>.

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