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Counterexamples in algebraic topology?

For #1, an example is given by two Moore spaces $M({\mathbb Z}/p^2,k)$ and $M({\mathbb Z}/p^3,k)$; the only cohomology is in degree $k$ and $k+1$ in characteristic $p$, and the ring and Steenrod modul …
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A model with $\kappa$ many automorphism and a rigid element.

Here's one example. Take any ring $R$ equipped with the following two operations: $$(x,y,z)\mapsto x+y-z$$ $$(x,y,z,w)\mapsto x+(y-z)(w-x)$$ It is easy to see that if you add a constant symbol $0$, …
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A Hausdorff atom in lattice of group topologies

Any compact group with no nontrivial normal closed subgroups has this property, since there can be no coarser Hausdorff topology and in any coarser non-Hausdorff topology the closure of the identity w …
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Vanishing Cech cohomology

I'm not sure what you mean by "coherent sheaf", as that term is usually only used in the presence of something like a complex structure. But by this answer, the cohomology of any sheaf vanishes in de …
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Is the long line paracompact?

Here's another proof, which shows that any connected paracompact locally Euclidean space X is second-countable. Cover X by Euclidean charts and take a locally finite refinement. Say an open set is g …
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Does the "continuous locus" of a function have any nice properties?

It's a standard result that the continuous locus is always $G_\delta$. For each $r>0$, let $U(r)$ be the set of points $x$ such that some neighborhood of $x$ maps into some ball of radius $r$. Then …
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What are some reasonable-sounding statements that are independent of ZFC?

This isn't an answer but an argument that there isn't really a good answer. Having done a good amount of set theory and seen how you prove some of these statements to be independent, I tend to be rat …