%0 Journal Article
%T An etale approach to the Novikov conjecture
%A A. Dranishnikov
%A S. Ferry
%A S. Weinberger
%J Mathematics
%D 2005
%I arXiv
%X We show that the rational Novikov conjecture for a group $\Gamma$ of finite homological type follows from the mod 2 acyclicity of the Higson compactifcation of an E$\Gamma$. We then show that for groups of finite asymptotic dimension the Higson compactification is mod p acyclic for all p, and deduce the integral Novikov conjecture for these groups.
%U http://arxiv.org/abs/math/0509644v2