The Lefschetz zeta function associated to a continuous self-map f of a compact manifold is a rational function P/Q. According to the parity of the degrees of the polynomials P and Q, we analyze when the set of periodic points of f is infinite and when the topological entropy is positive.
A DC-space (or space of dense constancies) is a Tychonoff space such that for each there is a family of open sets , the union of which is dense in , such that , restricted to each , is constant. A number of characterizations of DC-spaces are given, which lead to an algebraic generalization of the concept, which, in turn, permits analysis of DC-spaces in the language of archimedean -algebras. One is led naturally to the notion of an almost DC-space (in which the densely constant functions...
We determine the size levels for any function on the hyperspace of an arc as follows. Assume Z is a continuum and consider the following three conditions: 1) Z is a planar AR; 2) cut points of Z have component number two; 3) any true cyclic element of Z contains at most two cut points of Z. Then any size level for an arc satisfies 1)-3) and conversely, if Z satisfies 1)-3), then Z is a diameter level for some arc.
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.
We provide an answer to a question: under what conditions almost continuity in the sense of Husain implies closure continuity?
We introduce a new class of functions called almost -closed and use the functions to improve several preservation theorems of normality and regularity and also their generalizations. The main result of the paper is that normality and weak normality are preserved under almost -closed continuous surjections.