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We show that a number of different notions of dimension coincide for length spaces with curvature bounded above. We then apply this result, showing that if X is a locally compact CAT(0) space with cocompact isometry group, then the dimension of the Tits boundary and the asymptotic cone(s) of X are determined by the maximal dimension of a flat in X.
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Received April 21, 1998
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Kleiner, B. The local structure of length spaces with curvature bounded above. Math Z 231, 409–456 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00004738
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/PL00004738