Let us define the following "dimension" of a Borel subet $B \subset \mathbb{R}^k$:
$\dim(B) = \min\{n \in \mathbb{N}: \exists K \subset \mathbb{R}^n, ~{\rm s.t.} ~ B \sim K\}$,
where $\sim$ denotes "homeomorphic to". Obviously, $0 \leq \dim(B) \leq k$.
I have three questions: Given a $B \subset \mathbb{R}$,
1) As $k \to \infty$, how slow can $\dim(B^k)$ grow? Can we choose some $B$ such that $\dim(B^k) = o(k)$ or even $O(1)$?
2) Will it make a difference if we drop the Borel measurability of $B$ or add the condition that $B$ has positive Lebesgue measure?
3) Does this dimension-like notion have a name? The dimension concepts I usually see are Lebesgue's covering dimension, inductive dimension, Hausdorff dimension, Minkowski dimension, etc. I do not think the quantity defined above coincides with any of these, but of course bounds exist.
Thanks!