Algebras of continuous functions in universal algebra
M. Bestvina has shown that for any given torsion-free CAT(0) group G, all of its boundaries are shape equivalent. He then posed the question of whether they satisfy the stronger condition of being cell-like equivalent. In this article we prove that the answer is "Yes" in the situation where the group in question splits as a direct product with infinite factors. We accomplish this by proving an interesting theorem in shape theory.
Let be a minimal non-periodic flow which is either symbolic or strictly ergodic. Any topological extension of is Borel isomorphic to an almost 1-1 extension of . Moreover, this isomorphism preserves the affine-topological structure of the invariant measures. The above extends a theorem of Furstenberg-Weiss (1989). As an application we prove that any measure-preserving transformation which admits infinitely many rational eigenvalues is measure-theoretically isomorphic to a strictly ergodic toeplitz...
We prove that any topological group of a non-measurable cardinality is hereditarily paracompact and strongly σ-discrete as soon as it is submaximal. Consequently, such a group is zero-dimensional. Examples of uncountable maximal separable spaces are constructed in ZFC.
We prove that every countably compact AP-space is Fréchet-Urysohn. It is also established that if is a paracompact space and is AP, then is a Hurewicz space. We show that every scattered space is WAP and give an example of a hereditarily WAP-space which is not an AP-space.
We provide an answer to a question: under what conditions almost continuity in the sense of Husain implies closure continuity?