Questions tagged [gn.general-topology]
Continuum theory, point-set topology, spaces with algebraic structure, foundations, dimension theory, local and global properties.
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Is there a metric separable space with the following properties...?
Let $\omega_1<\mathfrak{q}_0$ where $\mathfrak{q}_0:=\min\{|Y|:Y\subseteq \mathbb{R}$, $Y$ is not a $Q$-space$\}$.
Is there a metric separable space $X$ with the following properties:
$|X|\geq\...
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Finding an example if it exists, for a non-contractible and contractible space with special requirement on quotients of their union?
Let $A$ and $B$ be subsets of $n$-dimensional Euclidean space $\mathbb{R}^{n}$, such that $A$ is non-contractible, $B$ is contractible and $B$ is not an one-point set.
I would like to find example(s) ...
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Approximating open subset of profinite group by union of cosets of ideal
I am trying to understand the proof of Theorem 1.3 in this paper by poonen. Poonen refers to Lemma 20 in a different paper. He claims that the open subset $U_P \subseteq \hat{\mathcal{O}}_P$ can be ...
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Finitely generated Banach lattice $C(K)$ and partitions of unity
Let $E$ be a Banach lattice. A Banach sublattice $L$ of $E$ is called finitely generated if there exists a finite subset $F \subseteq E$ such that
$$L = \bigcap \{ \hat{L} \mid F \subseteq \hat L, \, \...
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When a compact subset of a TVS can be continuously projected on a closed linear subspace?
Let $V$ be a (Hausdorff) topological vector space, $W\subset V$ a closed linear subspace, $X\subset V $ a compact.
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When there is a continuous map $P:X\to W$ such that $P(x)=x$ for every $x\in X\...
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Estimate the gradient (with respect to local coordinates) of a partition of unity on a manifold
Suppose $\{U_\alpha\}$ is an atlas of coordinate patches of a (noncompact) smooth manifold $M$ of dimension $n$, with coordinates $(x_\alpha^1,\dots,x_\alpha^n)$ on $U_\alpha$. Furthermore we assume ...
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Computing the eta invariant of a rather contrived operator on the circle
For physical reasons, I am interested in computing the eta invariant of the following Hermitian operator acting on complex valued functions on the circle with circumference 1. I define the operator ...
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Axiomatic definition of Katětov closure operator
In the book "Categorical Structure of Closure Operators with Applications to Topology" by Dikranjan and Tholen a Katětov closure operator is defined in terms of filter covergence:
$k_X(M):=\{...
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Which closed subsets $Y$ of a compact space $X$ admit a linear extensor $C(Y)\to C(X)$?
In the following $X$ is a Hausdorff compact topological space. Let $Y$ be a closed subset of $X$.
The restriction operator $R_Y:C(X)\to C(Y)$ is surjective (Tietze), so it admits a continuous right ...
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Points in the Stone Cech compactification are intersection of open sets
Let $\beta \mathbb{N}$ be the Stone Cech compactification of the natural numbers and let $ x\in \beta \mathbb{N}$. Is it true that there exists a sequence of open sets $\{U_n\}_{n=1}^\infty$ in $\beta ...
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What is the Lebesgue covering dimension of this topological space?
Take the 4 dimensional time-oriented spacetime $(M,g)$ such that it's not strongly causal.
Take the induced topology defined by the Lorentzian metric called Alexandrov topology.
This topology matches ...
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What is this equivalence relation on topological spaces: there are bijective continuous maps in both directions
Consider the following equivalence relation on topological spaces:
$X\sim Y$ $:\Longleftrightarrow$ there are bijective continuous maps $\phi:X\to Y$ and $\psi:Y\to X$.
Note that there are no ...
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Does a coarser topology lead to a non-Hausdorff topological manifold? [closed]
Take a topological manifold $M$. Suppose one considers a strictly coarser topology than the manifold topology. Can such topology result in a non-Hausdorff topological manifold?
NOTE: PLEASE avoid the ...
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Show convergence result
Consider the following sets:
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A = \Big\{ x\in X: \Pr\bigg(\lim_{n \to \infty}d\big(p_n, [\ell(x), u(x) ] \big)= 0\bigg)=1 \Big\},
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A_n = \Big\{ x\in X: d\big(p_n, [\ell(x), u(x) ] \big)...
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Which countable sets don't drastically change the definable topologies on $\mathbb{R}$?
For $\mathcal{M}$ an expansion of $\mathcal{R}=(\mathbb{R};+,\times)$ and $A\subseteq\mathbb{R}$, let $\tau^\mathcal{M}_A$ be the topology on $\mathbb{R}$ generated by the sets definable in $\mathcal{...
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On the classification of second-countable Stone spaces
Let $X$ be a Stone space (i.e. totally disconnected compact Hausdorff). Then the following are equivalent:
$X$ is second countable
$X$ is metrizable
$X$ has countably many clopen subsets
$X$ is an ...
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The separability of superextensions
The superextension $\lambda X$ of a compact Hausdorff space $X$ is the space of maximal linked systems of closed subsets of $X$, endowed with the Vietoris topology inherited from the double hyperspace ...
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A continuous injection from the Hilbert cube to the real line?
Continuing an earlier "too good to be true" question that I posted recently, the same holds for the present question:
Is there a continuous injection from the Hilbert cube $[0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ ...
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Are Euclidean spaces $\Delta$-generated?
From the definition of $\Delta$-generated it seems like $\mathbb R$ should be $\Delta$-generated, as $\mathbb R$ is final with respect to all continuous maps $\mathbb R^n \to \mathbb R$.
However, the ...
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Is there a uniformly continuous injective image of $(0,1)\setminus\Bbb Q$ in the Cantor space?
It seems too good to be possible, but:
Is there a uniformly continuous injective image of $(0,1)\setminus\Bbb Q$ in the Cantor space?
Here, the Cantor space $\{0,1\}^{\Bbb N}$ is equipped with the ...
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Is every compact, sober, second-countable space the image of $2^\omega$?
As a bonus, is every compact, $T_0$, second-countable space the image of $2^\omega \times \omega$?
As a further bonus, can we strengthen "image" to "quotient"?
My motivation for ...
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Topological spaces for which $w(X)\leq |X|$ holds
Let $w(X) = \inf\{|\mathcal{B}| : \mathcal{B} \text{ is a base for }X\}$ be the weight of topological space $X$.
For metric spaces and locally compact spaces we have inequality $w(X)\leq |X|$.
This ...
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Does every (Abelian) Polish group have a nontrivial locally compact subgroup?
The question is pretty much in the title, suppose that $G$ is an (Abelian) nontrivial Polish group, must $G$ have a nontrivial locally compact (in the induced topology, hence necessarily closed) ...
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What topological principle is at work here?
[I'm cross-posting this from MSE. I initially asked there 10 days ago, and the question was well-received, but left unanswered.]
My question is inspired by a problem I discovered in Putnam and Beyond,...
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Homotopy group of maps into S^3 using its Lie group multiplication to define the group operation
The Bruschlinsky group of maps of a space X into S1 up to homotopy, using the multiplication on S1, is well-known to equal the first cohomology group of X (at least assuming X is a reasonably nice ...
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Example of a metrizable space that is not an ANR
I have been looking for an example of a metrizable space that is not an absolute neighborhood retract (ANR).
Recall that a metrizable space $X$ is called an ANR if there exists an open set $U$ in a ...
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Weakly contractible $X$, but none of the maps $*\to X$ are cofibrations
Let $\mathrm{Top}$ be the category of all topological spaces and continuous maps. The Quillen model structure on $\mathrm{Top}$ has weak equvalences $W = \{ \text{weak homotopy equivalences} \}$, ...
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Is it possible to determine whether the critical values are nowhere dense in the case of a bounded set of stationary points?
Let $g:\Bbb R^{d}\rightarrow \Bbb R$ be a non-negative, continuously differentiable function satisfying the following two conditions:
The set $\{\theta\in\Bbb R^n\mid\|\nabla g(\theta)\|<\eta\}$ ...
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Increasing coverings of rigid analytic varieties
Let $K/\mathbb{Q}_p$ be complete and let $X/K$ be a rigid analytic variety. When does $X$ admit an "increasing" admissible covering by quasi-compact admissible (in the strong G-topology) ...
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For topological torus action, there is a subcircle whose fixed point is the same as the torus
Let $T=\mathbb{S}^{1}\times \mathbb{S}^{1}\times \cdots \times \mathbb{S}^{1}
$ ($n$ times) be an $n$-dimensional torus acting on any topological space $X$.
The group $G$ is said to act on a space $X$ ...
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Monoidal topology and coarse spaces
Is there a description of (quasi-)coarse spaces that is analogous to the description of (quasi-)uniform spaces as lax algebras?
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Known relations between mutual information and covering number?
This is a question about statistical learning theory. Consider a hypothesis class $\mathcal{F}$, parameterized by real vectors $w \in \mathbb{R}^p$. Suppose I have a data distribution $D \sim \mu$ and ...
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Triviality of map $(\Sigma \theta)^*$
We know that there is a cofibration sequence
$$S^{4n+1}\xrightarrow{\theta}\Sigma^{4m-1} Q_{n-m} \rightarrow \Sigma^{4m-1} Q_{n-m+1} \rightarrow S^{4n+2}\xrightarrow{\Sigma\theta}\Sigma^{4m} Q_{n-m}.$$...
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Existence of Borel uniformization for coanalytic set with non-$K_\sigma$ sections
Suppose that $X$ is a Polish (or standard Borel) space and $\omega^\omega$ is the Baire space of all natural number sequences. My question is: If $A\subseteq X\times \omega^\omega$ is a coanalytic set ...
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Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?
(Cross posted from Math StackExchange: Does weak $L^2$ approximation implies $L^2$ approximation under a condition similar to convexity?)
Assume $(\Omega, \mu)$ is a probability space. Consider a ...
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Is the Fortissimo space on discrete $\omega_1$ radial?
Let $\omega_1$ have the discrete topology. Its Fortissimo space is $X=\omega_1\cup\{\infty\}$ where neighborhoods of $\infty$ are co-countable.
A space is radial provided for every subset $A$ and ...
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Construct manifold given simplical complex
It's known that, in general, given a simplical complex, answering if it's homeomorphic to a manifold is undecidable. However, given a positive answer to the problem, is there an algorithm to construct ...
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Mandelbrot boundary and component of $\infty$
Let $M$ be the Mandelbrot set, and $\partial M$ its boundary. So $\partial M$ is the set of those points $z\in M$ such that every neighborhood of $z$ contains a point of $\mathbb R^2\setminus M$.
Let $...
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Approximating evalutation maps at open sets over invariant measures
Let $G$ be a group acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space, say $X$; let's denote by $\alpha:G\to\mathrm{Homeo}(X)$ the action, $g\mapsto\alpha_g$, and consider the weak-$^*$ compact ...
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Continuous maps between compact space and cubes
Let $X$ be a compact metrizable space. Let $f$ be a continuous map from $X$ to the cube $[0,1]^m$. I would like to know under which condition of a continuous map $g: X\to [0,1]^n$ there exists a ...
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Compact-open Topology for Partial Maps?
I asked the same question on MathStackExchange a month ago and received no answer. I feel that this would be more suitable for MathOverflow.
Compact open topology is one of the most common ways of ...
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Metrizing pointwise convergence of *sequences* of functionals in a dual space
This question was asked by myself on the math stackexchange a few days ago. I thought I'd repeat it here:
Let $X$ be a normed, real vector space of uncountable dimension. Let $X^*$ denote the set of ...
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Simple closed curves in a simply connected domain
Let $U$ be a bounded simply connected domain in the plane. Let $K$ be the boundary (or frontier) of $U$. For every $\varepsilon>0$ is there a simple closed curve $S\subset U$ such that the ...
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Progess on conjectures of Palis
I came across a "A Global Perspective for Non-Conservative Dynamics" by Palis. He has some conjectures
"Global Conjecture:
There is a dense set $D$ of dynamics such that any element of ...
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Continuous selectors of a continuous multifunctin on a compact metric space
I am currently working on a continuous selector problem of multifunctions. I am trying to figure out if a continuous multifunction defined on a compact metric space always admit a continuous selector.
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Are “most” bounded derivatives not Riemann integrable?
Given $a,b\in\mathbb R$ with $a<b$. Let
$$X=\{f\in C([a,b]): f \text{ is differentiable on } [a,b] \text{ with }f' \text{ bounded }\},$$
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$$A=\{f\in X: f' \text{ is Riemann integrable}\}. $$
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Is a Hausdorff separable topological space that is uniform and complete necessarily a Polish space?
Is an Hausdorff separable topological space that is uniform and complete necessarily a Polish space ?
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Why is this continuum circle-like?
A continuum is a compact connected metrizable space.
A continuum $X$ is called arc-like if for every $\varepsilon>0$ there is an open cover $U_1,\ldots,U_n$ of $X$ such that the diameter of $U_i$ ...
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Two arcs in the complement of a disc must intersect?
Let $D=\{z\in \mathbb C:|z|\leq 1\}$ be the unit disc in the complex plane, with interior $U=\{z\in \mathbb C:|z|<1\}$.
Let $A\subset \mathbb C\setminus U$ be an arc intersecting $D$ only at its ...
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Countable chain condition in topology
A topological space $X$ is said to have the countable chain condition (ccc) if every collection of open and disjoint subsets of $X$ is at most countable. This definition can be found in L. Steen, J. ...
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