Algebras of functions on mappings.
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?
We define two cardinal invariants of the continuum which arise naturally from combinatorially and topologically appealing properties of almost disjoint families of sets of the natural numbers. These are the never soft and never countably paracompact numbers. We show that these cardinals must both be equal to under the effective weak diamond principle , answering questions of da Silva S.G., On the presence of countable paracompactness, normality and property in spaces from almost disjoint families,...