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  1. We show that a complete [Formula: see text]-dimensional Riemannian manifold [Formula: see text] with finitely generated first homology has macroscopic dimension [Formula: see text] if it satisfies the following “macroscopic curvature” assumptions: every ball of radius [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] has volume at most [Formula: see text], and every loop in every ball of radius [Formula: see text] in [Formula: see text] is null-homologous in the concentric ball of radius [Formula: see text]. 
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  2. Inspired by the classical Riemannian systolic inequality of Gromov, we present a combinatorial analogue providing a lower bound on the number of vertices of a simplicial complex in terms of its edge-path systole. Similarly to the Riemannian case, where the inequality holds under a topological assumption of “essentiality”, our proofs rely on a combinatorial analogue of that assumption. Under a stronger assumption, expressed in terms of cohomology cup-length, we improve our results quantitatively. We also illustrate our methods in the continuous setting, generalizing and improving quantitatively the Minkowski principle of Balacheff and Karam; a corollary of this result is the extension of the Guth–Nakamura cup-length systolic bound from manifolds to complexes. 
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