Some complexity results in topology and analysis
If X is a compact metric space of dimension n, then K(X), the n- dimensional kernel of X, is the union of all n-dimensional Cantor manifolds in X. Aleksandrov raised the problem of what the descriptive complexity of K(X) could be. A straightforward analysis shows that if X is an n-dimensional complete separable metric space, then K(X) is a or PCA set. We show (a) there is an n-dimensional continuum X in for which K(X) is a complete set. In particular, ; K(X) is coanalytic but is not an analytic...