Homological dimension and homogeneous ANR spaces

Abstract

The homological dimension $d_G$ of metric compacta was introduced by Alexandroff. In this paper we provide some general properties of $d_G$, mainly with an eye towards describing the dimensional full-valuedness of compact metric spaces. As a corollary of the established properties of $d_G$, we prove that any two-dimensional $lc^2$ metric compactum is dimensionally full-valued. This improves the well known result of Kodama that every two-dimensional $ANR$ is dimensionally full-valued. Applications for homogeneous metric $ANR$-compacta are also given.