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Monoid prime ideals and prime congruences
I was wondering what the connection is between the notion of "prime congruence" on a monoid, and the notion of "prime ideal" in a monoid. Starting from a prime ideal $P$ in a monoid $M$, one can ...
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Existence of enough local sections
Let $\pi: G\to X$ be a continuous open (!) surjection of locally compact Hausdorff spaces. Assume that each fiber $G_x=\pi^{-1}(x)$, $x\in X$ carries a group structure making it a locally compact ...
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Pre-cosheaf of connected components
Consider a continous map $f:Y \to X$ between topological spaces. The pre-cosheaf $\mathcal{F}: Open(X) \to Set$ of connected components of the inverse image is defined as $\mathcal{F}(U):= \pi_0(f^{-1}...
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A functor on the category of rings, algebras or compact Hausdorff topological space
Assume that $R$ is a unital ring or a complex or real (Banach or $C^{*}$) algebra.
We define a relation $M$ on $R$ as follows: $$a\;M b \;\;\; \text{iff}\;\; a=xy,\;b=yx \;\; \text{for ...
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The theory of frames and locales as elementary topology [closed]
In What is elementary geometry? (pdf) Alfred Tarski defined elementary geometry to be
that part of Euclidean geometry which can be formulated and established without the help of any set-...
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Centralizer of a dense subgroup in a maximal subgroup of a reductive group
I am looking for a reference to the following statement
"Let $G$ be a reductive algebraic group and $K$ a maximal compact subgroup of $G$. If $H$ is a dense subgroup in $K$, then the centralizer of $H$...
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Divisible fundamental group [duplicate]
I apologize if this question seems trivial or elementary. Is there any concrete topological space with divisible fundamental group? For example, is there any such a space the fundamental group in ...
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Given locally compact and $\sigma$-compact, can we get partition of unity?
Let $X$ be a locally compact, $\sigma$-compact Polish (complete and separable metric) space. How to prove: "There is an increasing sequence of continuous cut-off functions with compact support, $0\...
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Surjectivity of maps between spheres [closed]
I am wondering how to prove that a non-zero degree map from $S^n \to S^n$ is surjective. For example, identifying $S^1 \subset \mathbb{C}$, we can take $f:S^1 \to S^1$ via $f(z) = z^k$ with $k\neq 0$. ...
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Quotients of simplicial complexes which are simplicial complexes
In the category of topological spaces, I would like to know that quotients of simplicial complexes (or $\Delta$-complexes) by equivalence relations which are "unramified" in a suitable sense still ...
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cross-sections of a sphere bundle
Let $M$ be a $m$-manifold and $M_0$ a submanifold of $M$. Let $X$ be a pointed topological space. In the paper On the homology of configuration spaces, Bodigheimer-Cohen-Taylor, Topology 1989, ...
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Reference request: The compactness and compact embedding in Besov Space?
Let $\Omega\subset \mathbb R^N$ be open bounded with smooth boundary. Let $0<s<1$, $1\leq p<\infty$, and $1\leq \theta\leq\infty$. We denote by $B^{s,p,\theta}(\Omega)$ the Besov space. For ...
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Are all locally compact anisotropic groupoids etale up to equivalence?
By groupoid I mean "open topological groupoid",i.e. topological groupoids whose source and target maps are open surjections, and the notion of equivalence I'm considering is the isomorphism in the ...
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Terminology for torsion semigroups where the order of elements is uniformly finite
A (multiplicatively written) semigroup $\mathbb A = (A, \cdot)$ with the property that ${\rm ord}_\mathbb{A}(a) := |\{a^n: n \in \mathbf N^+\}| < \infty$ for every $a \in A$ is called a periodic (...
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Existence of topology on the space of continuous functions
Let $C:=C([0,1],\mathbb{R})$ be the space of real-valued continuous functions defined on $[0,1]$. Could we find a topological vector space topology $\pi$ on $C$ such that the following two conditions ...
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Space of continuous real-valued functions on $[0,1]^\omega$ with the weak and pointwise topology
Let $C([0,1]^\omega)$ denote the set of continuous functions $f:[0,1]^\omega \to \mathbb{R}$. We endow $C([0,1]^\omega)$ with two topologies. Let $\tau$ be the pointwise topology on $C([0,1]^\omega)$ ...
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Normed space that is sigma-totally-bounded but is not sigma-compact
Q1: Is there a separable normed space that is not sigma-compact, but is a countable union of
totally bounded closed subsets?
A test case is the space $C^1(I)$ with the $C^0$ norm where $I=[0,1]$. ...
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Monadicity of profinite algebras
We can show that the category of profinite algebras, cofiltered limits of finite algebras, is monadic over Stone spaces as follows. So, I wonder if there are any other examples.
In case that I was ...
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Two questions on hyperspace of a metric space
Let $(X,T)$ be a compact metrizable space. For every metric $d$ on $X$ which is $T-$ compatible, the Hausdorff metric on $2^{X}$ gives a topology on $2^{X}$.
(Up to homeomorphism) is this topology ...
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Equicontinuity of $\{f_{2n}\circ f_{2n-1}\}$
Let $(X,D)$ be a compact metric space and $\{f_n\}_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ be a sequence of homeomorphisms of $(X,d)$. It is easy to see that if $\{f_n\}$ is uniformly convergent then $\{g_n\}$ defined by $...
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Profinite Topology
Let $V$ and $W$ be pseudovarieties of finite groups. For a finite inverse monoid $M$, the $V$-kernel of $M$ is defined to be the intersection of all sets $f^{−1}(1)$, $f$ is a relational morphism ...
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Pro-p topology on free group
Let $H$ be a finitely generated subgroup of the free group $F(A)$ and $G_P$ the pseudovariety of all finite $p$-group with $p$ fixed prime number. We endow $F(A)$ with the pro-$G_p$ topology. Suppose ...
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On compactness in $C(X)$
Let $X$ be a Tychonoff space. It is well known, that for a family of scalar functions equicontinuity + pointwise boundedness imply relative compactness in $C(X)$ (with compact-open topology). It is ...
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Weak topology on subsets of a normed space
I have few questions about the subsets of a normed space $X$ endowed with the weak topology. Let $E$ be such subset.
When is the norm a continuous function on $E$?
When is the metric induced by the ...
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Goldie's Theorem for Semigroups
Goldie's theorem is a theorem in noncommutative ring theory that gives a clear picture of semiprime Noetherian rings (actually a slightly broader class). Let $R$ be a semiprime Noetherian ring. The ...
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Local section of Lie Groupoids
Suppose we have the pair groupoid $G:\mathbb{R}^2\rightrightarrows \mathbb{R}$ which is a Lie groupoid with source $s$ and target $t$ maps given by the first and second projection, respectively. ...
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Regularity of Dirac measure on Baire sets [closed]
Suppose $X$ is a locally compact Hausdorff space.
Define the Baire sets in $X$, denoted by $\mathcal Ba(X)$,
to be the smallest $\sigma$-algebra that contains all compact $G_\delta$ subsets of $X$.
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The Hausdorff quotient of totally disconnected space
Let $G$ be a second countable locally compact Hausdorff group and $X$ be a second countable locally compact almost-Hausdorff $G$-space. If $X$ is totally disconnected and the orbit space X/G is ...
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Classify spaces that make extension theorems hold
Recall a Polish space is a completely metrizable separable space.
Say a Polish space $Y$ is a terminal space if for any Polish space $X$ and any closed $C \subseteq X$, one can extend a continuous ...
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Selecting dense diagonals in $\Bbb T^2$
Let $p$ be a prime number and let $G=\bigcup_{n\in \Bbb N}\{\exp(k\frac{2\pi i}{p^n})\mid k\in \Bbb Z\}$ be a Prüfer group. For homomorphisms $f,g:G\to G$ let $H_{f,g}=\{(f(x),g(x))\mid x\in G\}$. ...
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continuity with respect to weak-${\ast}$ topology
Let $V:=V([0,1],R)$ be the space of all cadlag functions defined on $[0,1]$ of bounded variation. Thus any element $v\in V$ determines a signed measure $\nu$ on $[0, 1]$ given by the formula $\nu([0, ...
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A possible generalization of the Borsuk Ulam theorem via action of symmetric groups
The symmetric group $S_{m}$ is equiped with the counting Har measure $\mu$ and the obvious sgn character. Assume that $S_{m}$ acts on $S^{n}$, $n\geq m-1$ and $f:S^{n}\to \mathbb{R}^{n}$ ...
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question about a genralized Skorokhod topology
Let $D:=D([0,1], R)$ be the space of all cadlag functions defined on $[0,1]$. Now we have the known Skorokhod topology defined by: $\forall f, g\in D$
$$\rho(f,g):=\inf_{\lambda\in\Lambda}\Big\{\max\...
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Removable sets for simply connectedness of a differentiable manifold
I am sorry that my question might be stupid for experts, but I really do not know the answer.
Let $M$ be a smooth $n$-manifold. We assume that there exists a distance $d$ on $M$ such that $(M,d)$ is ...
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Branch point and alexandrov embeddedness
This is a question I have asked on mathstackexchange with a bounty but without any answer; it is probably more adapted to mathoverflow:
Let us assume that $\Sigma_n$ is a sequence of topological ...
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Standard name for a Monoid/Semigroup with $a+b \leq a, b$?
I have seen suplattice and inflattice being used when dealing with a lattice. What about when you don't have a lattice?
For instance, for reals $a,b > 0$, define $$a \oplus b = \frac{1}{\frac{1}{a}...
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Ostaszewski space's construction Lemma
I'm studying the Ostaszewski's article "On Countably Compact, Perfectly Normal Spaces". I'll add some context. Lemma 1.2 says the following:
Let $X$ be a locally compact, zero-dimensional and ...
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d-refining covering of normal space
If $X$ is normal, it is well known that for any open-covering $(U_i)$ of $X$, there exist closed subspaces $F_i$ and $G_i$ and an open subspaces $O_i$ such that $$F_i\subset O_i\subset G_i\subset U_i\...
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Relative isotopy of simple curves in a disk
Consider the closed two dimensional disk and two fixed points $A$ and $B$ on the boundary. I am looking for a reference for the following fact: a simple topological curve with end points $A$ and $B$ ...
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The mathematics in understand anyons [closed]
I've been about particles called anyons which exist within a two dimensional framework. I've also found out that these particles can have an angular momentum equal to any real number. Normally, in ...
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First-countable topological monoids without local absorbing elements whose topology is induced by a semimetric
This is a follow up of Question 163246. For the reader's convenience, let me first copy&paste some basic definitions.
We let a semimetric on a set $X$ be a function $d: X \times X \to [0,\infty]$ ...
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A construction with Hyperspace of continums
Let $X$ be a compact connected metric space. Its hyperspace is denoted by $2^{X}.$ $X$ is considered as a subset of $2^{X}$ via the embedding $x\mapsto \{x\}$. Assume that $f:X\to X$ is a ...
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Homeomorphisms between infinite-dimensional Banach spaces and their spheres
As I know Cz. Bessaga has proved that an infinite-dimensional Banach space is homeomorphic to its unit sphere.
Unfortunately I do not have his book but I want to know is this theorem true without ...
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A categorical analogue of Debreu's independent factors theorem
Background
A major question in Decision Theory is that of the cardinal meaning of a utility function. That is, given a set $X$, a utility function $u:X\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ represents the choices ...
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equivalence of topologies defined on $M_1$(a subspace of bounded measures on $\mathbb{R}$)
Let $\mathcal{C}:=\mathcal{C}(\mathbb{R})$ be the space of continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}$ and $\mathcal{C}_b$ its subspace consisting of bounded elements. Define for $\phi(x):=1+|x|$,
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Hall's paper on the profinite groups and Andre Weils "voisinage" notion
I am reading through a classical paper A Topology for Free Groups and Related Groups
by Marshall Hall Jr. in which profinite groups are defined for the first time.
There he defines on p. 129:
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Can a compact metrizable space be determined by its Hausdorff measures?
Suppose that $(X,d)$ is a compact metric space. Now suppose that $h:[0,a]\rightarrow[0,b]$ is a continuous function with $h(0)=0$ where if $x\leq y$, then $h(x)\leq h(y)$. Then define $$L(d,h)=\lim_{\...
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Reasoning about "approximately" associative structures and "almost monoids".
If $(M,+)$ is a monoid then it obeys the laws:
$$m_1 + 0 = 0 + m_1 = m_1$$
$$m_1+(m_2+m_3)=(m_1+m_2)+m_3$$
But what if I have a structure $(A,+)$ that is almost a monoid, but not quite. For example,...
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Topology of Asymmetric Symmetric Products
Let $X_1,...,X_m$ be connected, simply-connected CW sub-complexes of a CW complex $X$. Let the symmetric group on $m$ letters, $S_m$, act on $P:=X_1\times\cdots\times X_m$ in $X^m$ by permuting ...
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A question on continuous mappings
The question is also posted here.
Let $M=\mathbb{R}$ and $\tau_M=\lbrace U\cup A: U$ open in $\mathbb{R}, A\subset \mathbb{R} \setminus B\rbrace$, where $B$ is a Bernstein set. Then $(M,\tau_M)$ is a ...
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