Measurable cardinals and fundamental groups of compact spaces

Adam Przeździecki

Fundamenta Mathematicae (2006)

  • Volume: 192, Issue: 1, page 87-92
  • ISSN: 0016-2736

Abstract

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We prove that all groups can be realized as fundamental groups of compact spaces if and only if no measurable cardinals exist. If the cardinality of a group G is nonmeasurable then the compact space K such that G = π₁K may be chosen so that it is path connected.

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Adam Przeździecki. "Measurable cardinals and fundamental groups of compact spaces." Fundamenta Mathematicae 192.1 (2006): 87-92. <http://eudml.org/doc/283151>.

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