Questions tagged [compactifications]
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Are degrees and ramification degrees preserved upon passing to the smooth compactification?
Let $\phi ：C_1\to C_2$ be morphism of projective singular curve. Let $\tilde{C}_1$ and $\tilde{C}_2$ be their smooth compactification.
Then $\phi$ extends to $\tilde{\phi} : \tilde{C}_1\to \tilde{C}...
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Implicit function theorem and compactification of algebraic curve
Let $C$ be a singular curve defined over a local field $K$.
Let $\tilde{C}$ be its smooth compactification(maybe this is not normalization).
Why $\tilde{C}(K)\neq \emptyset$ implies ${C}(K)\neq \...
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Weight of the compactification of a topological space
I am wondering the following question. If $w(X)$ denotes the weight of a Tychonoff space $X$, that is the least infinite cardinal $\kappa$ for which $X$ has a basis of cardinality $\kappa$, and $Z$ is ...
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Perfectly normal compactification of weak-star dual of Banach space
Let $X$ be an infinite-dimensional (otherwise the answer to my question below is trivial) separable real Banach space with topological dual $X^*$, and denote by $\sigma(X^*,X)$ the weak-star topology ...
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Are the irreducible components appearing in the resolution of singularities of a Hilbert modular surface defined over $\mathbb{Q}$?
It seems to me that this is claimed in van der Geer's "Hilbert modular surfaces" on p. 245 at the beginning of XI.2 (without justification).
My current state of belief/knowledge:
The ...
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Line bundles on toric varieties associated to Weyl chamber
I am interested in studying toric varieties associated to the fan of Weyl chambers. General information would be best but I am also interested in the specific case of the Weyl chamber of $\mathfrak{sl}...
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On the zero-dimensional strata of the Fulton-MacPherson conpactification
Let $\operatorname{Conf}_n(\mathbb{R})$ be the configuration space of $n$ marked points on the real line. What is the difference between $\operatorname{Conf}_n(\mathbb{R})$ and the locus of zero-...
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What is the Freudenthal compactification of a wildly punctured n-sphere?
Let $C$ be a compact and totally-disconnected subspace of the $n$-sphere $\mathbb{S}^n$, where $n\geq 2$.
Question: Must the Freudenthal compactification of $\mathbb{S}^n \setminus C$ be homeomorphic ...
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Do all homogeneous spaces have homogeneous compactifications?
Let $X$ be a separable metric space which is homogeneous, i.e. for every two points $x,y\in X$ there is a homeomorphism $h$ of $X$ onto itself such that $h(x)=y$.
A compactification of $X$ is a ...
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Borel-Weil-Bott theorem for wonderful compactification in characteristic p
Are there any known results for a Borel-Weil-Bott theorem for the wonderful compactifications over characteristic $p$ (i.e., theorems that classify the cohomologies of all line bundles on a wonderful ...
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Ends of a metric space?
I'm looking for a definition of “ends” of a metric space that is well-defined even for non geodesic or locally finite metric spaces, invariant under quasi-isometries (or more generally coarse ...
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Algebraic characterisation of the end space of a proper geodesic space in terms of non-continuous functions
$\DeclareMathOperator\Bf{B_\mathrm{f}}\DeclareMathOperator\Bc{B_\mathrm{c}}\DeclareMathOperator\Cf{C_\mathrm{f}}\DeclareMathOperator\Cd{C_\mathrm{d}}\DeclareMathOperator\Cc{C_\mathrm{c}}$Based on a ...
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End space of non-compact 2-manifolds described with proper rays
I am wondering if the classification of noncompact surfaces given by Ian Richards can be stated with proper rays instead of nested sequences of connected open subsets with compact boundary. I asked ...
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Representing split-complex numbers as intervals and related compactification
Since there is an isomorphism between split-complex numbers and $\mathbb{R}^2$ with element-wise operations, of the following form $a + bj \leftrightarrow (a - b, a + b)$, one can think about a split-...
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Explicit toroidal compactification of Hilbert modular varieties
Hirzebruch's construction of toroidal compactification of Hilbert modular surfaces is explicit, namely one can explicitly choose rational polyhedral cone decomposition in a sort of optimal way using ...
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Ergodic action on product spaces
Let $(X_1 \times X_2,d\mu)$ be a measure space with $X_2$ compact. Suppose that we have a continuous (diagonal) action of a topological group $G$ on $X=X_1 \times X_2$. I know that the action of $G$ ...
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Is the one-point compactification of $\mathbb{N}$ computably countable?
The one-point compactification $\mathbb{N}_\infty$ of $\mathbb{N}$ is obtained from the discrete space $\mathbb{N}$ by adjoining a limit point $\infty$. It may be identified with the subspace of ...
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How complicated can the path component of a compact metric space be?
Let $X$ be a compact metric space and $P$ be a path component of $X$. Since we are not assuming $X$ is locally path connected, $P$ must need not be open nor closed. Certainly, $P$ must be separable ...
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Smooth toric compactification of $\mathbb C^n$
By a compactification $(X,Y)$ of $\mathbb C^n$, we mean an irreducible compact complex space $X$ and a closed analytic subspace $Y\subset X$ such that $X\setminus Y$ is biholomorphic to $\mathbb C^n$. ...
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Functoriality for compactifications of locally symmetric spaces
Let $X$ be a symmetric space associated to an algebraic group $G$ defined over $\mathbb{Q}$ and $G(\mathbb{R})$ acts on $X$ from the left. Let $\Gamma \subset G(\mathbb{Q})$ be an arithmetic subgroup ...
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Inducing maps between Martin boundaries
This is a reworking of a question I asked on math.se.
Given two countable discrete metric spaces $X_{1}$ and $X_{2}$, each equipped with a (irreducible and transient)* random walk given by transition ...
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Characterization of pretty compact spaces
This is a cross post from MSE.
I believe that the following problem have already been considered by some sophisticated topologist.
Definition 1. A non-compact Hausdorff topological space $X$ is called ...
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Fixed points of one-point-compactification
Let $M$ be a locally compact (Hausdorff) space, and $g:M\to M$ an isomorphism (think of an action of a finite cyclic group).
By some generalities one can show that the "obvious" map $(M^g)^+\...
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Completion/Compactification of a Kähler metric on $\mathbb C^2$
Consider $\mathbb{C}^{2}$ equipped with the Kähler form
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\omega_{\mu}=\frac{i}{2} \partial \bar{\partial} \log \left(\left(1+|z|^{2}\right)^{\mu}+|w|^{2}\right),
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Possible cardinalities of the remainders of compactifications of $\Bbb R$
With the usual topology on $\Bbb R$, a compactification $\mathrm{id}_{\Bbb R}:\Bbb R\to v\Bbb R$ can have a remainder $v\Bbb R \setminus \Bbb R$ of cardinality $1,2, 2^{\aleph_0}=\mathfrak c,$ or $2^{\...
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Does a flat compactification always exist?
Let $\pi:X\to S$ be a separated flat morphism of finite type of Noetherian schemes. Does $\pi$ necessarily factor as an open immersion followed by a proper flat morphism? The analogue of this question ...
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Intuition for the McGerty-Nevins compactification of quiver varieties
In Section 4 of the paper Kirwan surjectivity for quiver varieties (Inventiones Math. 2018) McGerty and Nevins define a compactification of the moduli space of representations
of the preprojective ...
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A ``1-soft'' improvement of the Parovichenko theorem
This is a ``1-soft'' modification of this problem. We start with the necessary definitions.
Definition 1. A compactification $c\mathbb N$ of the discrete space $\mathbb N$ is called 1-soft if for any ...
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Nowhere compact subsets of the plane
Suppose $X\subseteq \mathbb R^2$ is nowhere compact ($X$ has no compact neighborhood) and non-empty.
Can $X$ be densely embedded into the plane?
In other words, is there a dense set $X'\subseteq ...
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The Stone-Čech compactification of a inverse system
Is the Stone-Čech compactification of the inverse limit of an inverse system $\left\{ X_{i},f_{ij},I\right\} $ of Tychonoff spaces equal to the limit of the inverse system $\left\{ \beta X_{i},\beta ...
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Is there a general theory of "compactification"?
In various branches of mathematics one finds diverse notions of compactification, used for diverse purposes. Certainly one does not expect all instances of "compactification" to be specializations of ...
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Subspaces of compact spaces and quotients of Hausdorff spaces
Let $\operatorname{Top}$ be the class of topological spaces. Furthermore, let $\mathcal{U}\subset\operatorname{Top}$ and $\mathcal{V}\subset\operatorname{Top}$ classes satisfying the following ...
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Does surjective map induce surjective map on Hewitt real compactifications?
Let $\beta X$ be the Stone-Čech compactification and $\upsilon X$ be the
Hewitt real compactification of a completely regular space $X$.
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Research in compactifications of locally compact spaces
I would like to know how is it going the research in compactifications of locally compact Hausdorff spaces. Are there people doing this? Are there relevant conjectures on it?
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Universal closure of schemes à la Nagata
Nagata compactification theorem is the following fundamental result:
Let $S$ be a qcqs scheme. Let $X$ be a separated $S$-scheme of finite type. Then there exists a proper $S$-scheme $\overline{X}$ ...
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Is the conformal compactification of $M \setminus \{ p \}$ unique?
Let $(M,c)$ be a compact conformal manifold and $p \in M$.
$M$ is a conformal compactification of $M \setminus \{ p \}$, because the embedding $M \setminus \{p\} \hookrightarrow M$ is an isometry.
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Which points in the Samuel compactification of a metric space $X$ are limits of uniformly discrete subsets of $X$?
Given a metric space $(X.d)$ the Samuel compactification of $X$, written $sX$, is the unique compactification with the property that if $Y$ is an arbitrary compact Hausdorff space and $f:X\rightarrow ...
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Are compactifications of completely $T_{4}$ spaces completely $T_{4}$?
The title is the question.
Given a locally compact completely $T_{4}$ space $X$ (every subspace is $T_{4}$) and a (Hausdorff) compactification $\overline{X}$ of $X$, is $\overline{X}$ also completely ...
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Naive compactification of $\mathbb{C}^*$-fibrations
Let $\pi:X \to Y$ be a $\mathbb{C}^*$-fibration between complex manifolds in the sense that there exists a fixed integer $a$ such that for every $y \in Y$, $\pi^{-1}(y)=(\mathbb{C}^*)^a$. Suppose ...
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Stone-Cech Compactification of the real line
I have a question in $\beta\mathbb{R}$, the Stone-Cech compactification of the real line $\mathbb{R}$. My question is: is $\beta\mathbb{R}$ a $\mathrm{F}$-space, i.e., the closure of two disjoint open ...
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The Deligne-Mumford Compactification for Closed Surfaces
I am reading this note on super-Riemann surfaces. In the second paragraph of section 7.4.1 (page 87), there is a statement that I am trying to understand:
The compactified moduli space of closed ...
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Is each Parovichenko compact space homeomorphic to the remainder of a soft compactification of $\mathbb N$?
Definition 1. A compactification $c\mathbb N$ of the discrete space $\mathbb N$ is called soft if for any disjoint sets $A,B\subset\mathbb N$ with $\bar A\cap\bar B\ne\emptyset$ there exists a ...
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Is each compactification of $\mathbb N$ soft?
Definition. A compactification $c\mathbb N$ of the countable discrete space $\mathbb N$ is defined to be soft if for any disjoint sets $A,B\subset\mathbb N\subset c\mathbb N$ with $\bar A\cap\bar B\ne\...
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Compactification of 6d (2, 0) SCFT on 4-manifolds
This question is about the 6d (2, 0) superconformal field theory (also called 'theory X' by some people). This SCFT, which can be considered as a relative quantum field theory (see here for a ...
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What are the components of the Stone-Cech Remainder?
Suppose $X = \displaystyle\bigsqcup_{i \in I} X_i$ is the disjoint union of infinitely many continua. The components of the Stone-Cech remainder $X^*$ can be described as follows. Treat $I$ as a ...
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One point compactification of $(\mathbb{C}^{\ast})^n$
I would like to know if there is a closed form formula for the homotopy type of $\widehat{(\mathbb{C^{\ast}})^n}$? For example, it is not difficult to see that $\widehat{\mathbb{C^{\ast}}}$ has the ...
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Do maximally almost periodic groups embed homeomorphically into their Bohr compactifications? [duplicate]
If $G$ is a Hausdorff topological group and $bG$ is its Bohr compactification, Wikipedia says that $G$ is called maximally almost periodic (MAP) if and only if the natural map $i : G \to bG$ is ...
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Is there a compactification with nontrivial connected remainder?
Question: Let $X$ be a continuum and $p \in X$. Under what conditions does there exist a compactification $\gamma (X-p)$ with $\gamma (X-p) - (X-p)$ connected and nondegenerate?
Throughout, $X$ is a ...
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Extending Kahler metric across a divisor
Let $(X,\omega)$ be a complete noncompact Kahler manifold of finite volume. Suppose $X$ is can be compactified to a compact projective manifold $M$ so that $D=M-X$ is a divisor of simple normal ...
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Can we express separability of a ray-remainder in terms of the function algebra?
Let $X = [0, 1)$ be a ray and $C(X)$ the algebra of bounded continuous real functions. The spectrum of $C(X)$ is the Stone-Cech compactification $\beta [0,1) $ of the ray. It's easy to see the ...
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