We prove that every planar rational compactum with rim-type ≤ α, where α is a countable ordinal greater than 0, can be topologically embedded into a planar rational (locally connected) continuum with rim-type ≤ α.
We prove in particular that a continuous image of a Valdivia compact space is Corson provided it contains no homeomorphic copy of the ordinal segment . This generalizes a result of R. Deville and G. Godefroy who proved it for Valdivia compact spaces. We give also a refinement of their result which yields a pointwise version of retractions on a Valdivia compact space.
It is shown how to embed the polydisk algebras (finite and infinite ones) into the disk algebra A(𝔻̅). As a consequence, one obtains uniform closed subalgebras of A(𝔻̅) which have arbitrarily prescribed stable ranks.
Let X be a connected locally compact metric space. It is known that if X is locally connected, then the space of ends (Freudenthal ends), EX, can be represented as the inverse limit of the set (space) S(X C) of components of X C, i.e., as the inverse limit of the inverse system . In this paper, the above result is significantly improved. It is shown that for a space which is not locally connected, we can replace the space of components by the space of quasicomponents Q(X C) of X C. The following...