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Homotopy theory, homological algebra, algebraic treatments of manifolds.

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Approximations by compact sub-spaces

Q1. Consider the space of rationals $\mathbb{Q}$. It is the direct limit of the family of finite unions of convergent sequences (including their limits), ordered by inclusion, as a set is closed iff i …
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The Stone-Čech compactification of the fixed point set

Not without further assumptions. First create an ordered space $X$ by identifying $\langle0,\omega_1\rangle$ and $\langle1,\omega_1\rangle$ in the product $2\times(\omega_1+1)$ to a point, $\Omega$ sa …
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A question about local connectedness in metric spaces

No, examples abound, e.g., the $\sin\frac1x$-curve, i.e., the closure of $\lbrace \sin\frac1x : 0 < x \le 1\rbrace$ in the plane. As noted below, this is not a good example (I misread the question). …
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