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Movability and limits of polyhedra

V. Laguna, M. Moron, Nhu Nguyen, J. Sanjurjo (1993)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We define a metric d S , called the shape metric, on the hyperspace 2 X of all non-empty compact subsets of a metric space X. Using it we prove that a compactum X in the Hilbert cube is movable if and only if X is the limit of a sequence of polyhedra in the shape metric. This fact is applied to show that the hyperspace ( 2 ℝ 2 , dS) i s s e p a r a b l e . O n t h e o t h e r h a n d , w e g i v e a n e x a m p l e s h o w i n g t h a t 2ℝ2 i s n o t s e p a r a b l e i n t h e f u n d a m e n t a l m e t r i c i n t r o d u c e d b y B o r s u k .

Shape index in metric spaces

Francisco R. Ruiz del Portal, José M. Salazar (2003)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

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We extend the shape index, introduced by Robbin and Salamon and Mrozek, to locally defined maps in metric spaces. We show that this index is additive. Thus our construction answers in the affirmative two questions posed by Mrozek in [12]. We also prove that the shape index cannot be arbitrarily complicated: the shapes of q-adic solenoids appear as shape indices in natural modifications of Smale's horseshoes but there is not any compact isolated invariant set for any locally defined map...