On the capacity dimension of the boundary of CAT(0) spaces

Abstract

In this paper, we study the capacity dimension of the boundary of $CAT(0)$ spaces. We first compare the two metrics on the boundary of a hyperbolic $CAT(0)$ space, i.e., the visual metric and the conical metric, and prove that they give the same capacity dimension of the boundary. Then we study the capacity dimension of the boundary of buildings, which is an important class of $CAT(0)$ spaces. Finally, we give a possible method to prove the finiteness of the asymptotic dimension of $CAT(0)$ spaces.

24 pages, 5 figures