Questions tagged [stone-cech-compactification]
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A permutation group inducing a topologically transitive action without dense orbits on $\omega^*$
Let $G$ be a subgroup of the permutation group $S_\omega$ of the countable infinite set $\omega$. Each bijection $g\in G$ admits a unique extension to a homeomorphism $\bar g$ of the Stone-Cech ...
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NCF, P-points, weak P-points, and cardinalities
The post is a bit long, but all the questions are similar or concern the same topic.
Let $\omega^*=\beta\omega\setminus\omega$. A well-known topological definition of a P-point (on $\omega$) is as ...
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Elementary equivalence between $n\mapsto n+1$ and its inverse on the Stone-Čech remainder?
Consider structures $(A,f)$ encoding a Boolean algebra $A$ endowed with an automorphism $f$. There is an obvious notion of isomorphism between such structures.
Consider the endomorphism $\hat{\Phi}$ ...
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Near permutation $n\mapsto n+1$ not conjugate to its inverse on the Stone-Čech remainder?
Let $\beta\omega$ be the Stone-Čech compactification of the discrete infinite countable space $\omega$, and $\beta^*\omega=\beta\omega\smallsetminus \omega$ is the Stone-Čech remainder.
The map $j:n\...
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Ultrafilter comonad on the category of Stone spaces
Let $\mathsf{Stone}$ denote the category of Stone spaces (compact, totally disconnected Hausdorff spaces) and continuous maps. The forgetful functor $U : \mathsf{Stone} \to \mathsf{Set}$ has a left ...
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Partitioning $\beta \mathbb{Z} \setminus \mathbb{Z}$
Take the integers $\mathbb{Z}$ and the addition
\begin{align*}
+: \mathbb{Z} \times \mathbb{Z} &\to \mathbb{Z}
\\
(a,b) &\mapsto a+b.
\end{align*}
Using the Stone-Čech compactification $...
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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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Best introductory texts on pointless topology
As I understand it, there are three canonical textbooks on pointless topology: the classic "Stone Spaces" by Johnstone, "Topology via Logic" by Steve Vickers, and the newer "Frames and Locales" by ...
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Stone duality- a modification
Let $2$ be the discrete topological space with two elements. For a map of sets
$$\beta : X \times Y \rightarrow 2 $$
We get a topology on $X$ and a topology on $Y$. The topology on $X$ is the weakest ...
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Functor from rings into compact Hausdorff spaces
There is an adjunction $\text{Bool}^{op} \leftrightarrow \text{Set}$ between boolean algebras and sets which sends a boolean algebra to the set of its prime ideals and a set $X$ to $[X, \mathbb{F}_2]_{...
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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 $X$.
It is well
known that any continuous surjective map $f:X\...
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Tychonoff-ization and Urysohn (functionally Hausdorff) topological spaces
Let me first make sure I have the correct definitions because my question will be about the difference about the two and there may be some massive confusion on my part.
A topological space $X$ is ...
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When Stone–Čech compactification is totally disconnected
A topological space $X$ is totally disconnected if the connected components in $X$ are the one-point sets, and a topological space, $X$ is called completely regular exactly in case points can be ...
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Continuous binary operations on $\beta\mathbb{N}$
It is well-known that the operation of addition of two ultrafilters on the set $\mathbb{N}$ of natural numbers which extends the natural addition on $\mathbb{N}$ to $\beta\mathbb{N}$, the Cech-Stone ...
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Embeddability into $\beta\omega$ and $\omega^*$
It is well known that under CH every totally-disconnected compact F-space of weight at most $\omega_1$ can be embedded into the remainder $\omega^*=\beta\omega\setminus\omega$ of the Cech-Stone ...
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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 Stone-Čech compactification of the fixed point set
Let $G$ be a discrete group and $X$ be a Tychonoff $G$-space. Then there
exists a $G$-action on Stone-Čech compactification $\beta X$. If the
fixed point set $X^{G}\neq \emptyset $, then the Stone-...
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Borel $\sigma$-algebra in $\beta \mathbb N \times \beta \mathbb N$
For a second-countable space $X$, we have $${\rm Bor}(X\times X) = {\rm Bor}\, X \otimes {\rm Bor}\, X,$$ that is the Borel $\sigma$-algebra of the product is the product $\sigma$-algebra. Some ...
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Complemented subspaces of $C(\beta\mathbb N\times \beta\mathbb N)$
Problem. Is there any complemented subspace in the Banach space $C(\beta\mathbb N\times\beta\mathbb N)$, not isomorphic to $c_0$, $c_0\oplus C(\beta\mathbb N)$, $C(\beta\mathbb N)$, $c_0(C(\beta\...
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Are separability and ccc equivalent for closed subspaces of $\beta N$?
Let $\beta \mathbb N$ be the Stone-Cech compactification of the integers. Then $\beta \mathbb N\setminus \mathbb N$ is non-separable because if fails the ccc condition, that is, it has an uncountable ...
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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 $C_b(Q,E)$ linearly isometric isomorphic to $C(\beta Q,E)$ where $\beta Q$ is the Stone-Cech compactification of $Q?$
Let $Q$ be a locally compact Hausdorff space and $E$ be a Banach space.
Let $C(Q)$ be the collection of all real-valued continuous functions on $Q$ while $C_b(Q,E)$ be the collection of all $E$-...
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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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Does any subset of $\beta\omega$ of cardinality $\mathfrak{c}$ have a weak P-point in its closure?
I believe that anyone who can answer this question knows the terminology, but $\beta\omega$ is the Čech-Stone compactification of the integers and a point $p$ is a weak P-point in a space $X$ iff it ...
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On the compactification of partial semigroups
We begin by introducing some relevant definitions.
Definition: A $\textit{partial semigroup}$ is a pair $(S,.)$ where $.$ maps a subset of $S \times S$ to $S$ and for all $a,b,c \in S, (a.b).c=a.(b.c)...
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Continuous images of $\beta \mathbb{N} \setminus\mathbb{N}$
Let $\beta \mathbb{N}$ denote the Stone-Cech compatification of the natural numbers and $\beta \mathbb{N} \setminus\mathbb{N}$
denote the reminder of this compactification. I wonder if there is a ...
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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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Is there a 'local' version of Near Coherence of Filters?
The axiom Near Coherence of Filters (NCF) is known to be independent of ZFC.
Axiom (NCF I): For any two free ultrafilters $\mathcal D$ and $\mathcal E$ on $\mathbb N$, there exist finite-to-one ...
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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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Is $\beta \mathbb{N}$ homeomorphic to its own square?
Let $\mathbb{N}$ be the set of natural numbers and $\beta \mathbb N$ denotes the Stone-Cech compactification of $\mathbb N$.
Is it then true that $\beta \mathbb N\cong \beta \mathbb N \times \beta \...
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The need for nets in topology
I remember when I first heard about nets in topology (called also Moore-Smith sequences). I was told that most of useful topological properties which can be exressed in terms of sequences in the ...
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Sigma algebras on the Stone–Čech compactification of a countable discrete group
Let $\Gamma$ be a countable discrete group and $\beta \Gamma$ be its Stone–Čech compactification.
My question is that
Does the $\sigma$-algebra generated by clopen sets in $\beta \Gamma$ equal to ...
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Remote points in $\beta X$
It is known that in general convergence by sequences is not enough to account for all points in $\beta X \setminus X$, where $\beta X$ refers to the Stone-Cech compactification of a topological space $...
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Stone-Cech compactification of $\mathbb{R}^n$ and smooth functions
I am currently attending a course where we are now covering the Stone-Cech compactification. Today we proved in some detail that extensions of bounded smooth functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$ to $\beta\...
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Version of Stone Weierstrass for functions not vanishing at infinity
I am trying to see what is known about uniform density of function spaces in $C(\mathbb{R}^n)$ or $C_b(\mathbb{R}^n)$ (bounded continuous functions on $\mathbb{R}^n$). By uniform density, I mean ...
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Comparing cardinalities of the spectrum of two masas in $B(H)$
If I imagine that (the self-adjoint part of) a C*-algebra $A$ represents the algebra of observables of some quantum system, then certain perspectives on algebraic quantum theory would ask me to ...
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Non-idempotent ultrafilters in the Stone-Cech compactification
Supposing that $\Gamma$ is an infinite, discrete group and that $\beta\Gamma$ is the Stone-Cech compactification of $\Gamma$, the group structure of $\Gamma$ can be extended to a semigroup structure ...
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Is the absolute of a compact space the projective limit of the Stone-Čech compactifications of its open dense subsets?
Is the following statement true, and if it is, does someone have a reference?
Let $X$ be a compact (i.e., compact and Hausdorff) topological space. Then the Gleason space (=Iliadis absolute, =...
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What is the Stone–Čech compactification of a dense set of $\beta N \setminus N$?
Is the Stone–Čech compactification of a dense $G_\delta$-set $X \subset\beta N \setminus N$ homeomorphic to $\beta N \setminus N$? Here, $\beta N \setminus N$ is the complement of $N$ in the Stone–...
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Analytic contraction of the Stone-Cech compactification of $\mathbb C$
Let $S$ be the Stone-Cech compactification of $\mathbb C$. Then any meromorphic function $f:\mathbb C \to \mathbb{CP}^1$ extends to $S$.
Do the meromorphic functions separate the points of $S$?
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Stone Cech compactification for exponential map
Recently I met with a problem related to Stone-Cech Compactification theorem
in Furstenberg's famous paper "non-commuting product."
I try my best to understand Stone-Cech compactification theorem by ...
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A completely regular space that is very non-normal
Take a completely regular Hausdorff topological space $X$ considered as a subset of its Stone-Čech compactification $\beta X$. If $X$ is not normal, we can find a closed subset $Y$ of $X$ and a ...
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A question about the Stone–Čech compactification of discrete spaces
Let $D(\kappa)$ be the discrete space of cardinality $\kappa$, and $\beta D(\kappa)$ its Stone–Čech compactification.
Is there, for every infinite cardinal $\kappa$, a subset $Y \in [\beta D(\kappa)]^...
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Stone-Cech compatification and ultrafilter [closed]
I have been studding about compatification of a topological space $X$. But I have low understanding about the Stone-Cech compatification, specially construction of the Stone-Cech compatification on ...
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How much do idempotent ultrafilters generate in terms of semigroups?
It is known that the set of ultrafilters on, say, the natural numbers $\mathbb{N}$, can naturally be endowed with the structure of a compact topological left semigroup (which fails to be anything ...
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Stone–Čech Compactification of $\mathbb{Z}$ with Fürstenberg Topology
The Stone–Čech Compactification of $\mathbb{N}$ as a discrete space has been extensively studied and can be represented using ultrafilters.
Consider $X=(\mathbb{Z},\mathcal{T})$, where $\mathcal{T}$ ...
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zero-dimensional completely regular space with $\sigma$-complete clopen algebra
Suppose $X$ is a zero-dimensional completely regular space (clopen sets form a base) such that the Boolean algebra of clopen sets is a $\sigma$-complete Boolean algebra. Must $X$ be basically ...
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Continuity of multiplicative character
Let $G$ be a discrete group and $\beta (G)$ denote the Stone-Cech compactification of $G$, a right topological semigroup. By a multiplicative character, I mean a mapping that preserves multiplication ...
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Type I subspaces of the Stone Cech compactification of $\omega$
EDIT: I found a construction, see below. I decided not to delete the question in case someone is interested.
A space $X$ is of Type I if $X=\cup_{\alpha<\omega_1} X_\alpha$, where each $X_\alpha$ ...
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A basic question on Stone-Cech compactification of $\mathbb{Z}$
Can the identity isomorphism on the additive group $\mathbb{Z}$ be extended to a non-identity semigroup isomorphism on $\beta\mathbb{Z}$, and still preserves $\beta\mathbb{Z}\setminus\mathbb{Z}$? ...
