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On the virtual cohomological dimensions of Coxeter groups

Author(s): A. N. Dranishnikov
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 125 (1997), 1885-1891.
MSC (1991): Primary 20F32, 55M10, 57S30; Secondary 16A60, 20J05, 51K10, 54E45
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Abstract: We apply Bestvina's approach of calculation of the virtual cohomological dimension of Coxeter groups. The explicit formula for $vcd_{F}\Gamma $ in terms of cohomological properties of the corresponding complex $K$ is given.


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Additional Information:

A. N. Dranishnikov
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida 32611
Email: dranish@math.ufl.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-97-04106-3
PII: S 0002-9939(97)04106-3
Received by editor(s): January 28, 1995
Additional Notes: The author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-9500875
Communicated by: James West
Copyright of article: Copyright 1997, American Mathematical Society


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