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The Spring Topology and Dynamics Conference 2009
March 7-9, 2009
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL, USA

Organizers
Lou Block, Phil Boyland (chair), Beverly Brechner, Sasha Dranishnikov, and Jed Keesling.

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On asymptotic dimension of a free product
by
Gregory Bell
UNC - Greensboro
Coauthors: Andrzej Nagórko, University of Warsaw

We present an interesting decomposition of the free product of two groups that allows for a simple proof of the (already known) formula for the asymptotic dimension of a free product. We also discuss situations where this method can be applied towards acheiving new results.

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Date received: February 21, 2009

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