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The minimum uniform compactification of a metric space

R. Grant Woods (1995)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

It is shown that associated with each metric space (X,d) there is a compactification u d X of X that can be characterized as the smallest compactification of X to which each bounded uniformly continuous real-valued continuous function with domain X can be extended. Other characterizations of u d X are presented, and a detailed study of the structure of u d X is undertaken. This culminates in a topological characterization of the outgrowth u d n n , where ( n , d ) is Euclidean n-space with its usual metric.

The Niemytzki plane is ϰ -metrizable

Wojciech Bielas, Andrzej Kucharski, Szymon Plewik (2021)

Mathematica Bohemica

We prove that the Niemytzki plane is ϰ -metrizable and we try to explain the differences between the concepts of a stratifiable space and a ϰ -metrizable space. Also, we give a characterisation of ϰ -metrizable spaces which is modelled on the version described by Chigogidze.

The nonexistence of expansive homeomorphisms of chainable continua

Hisao Kato (1996)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

A homeomorphism f:X → X of a compactum X with metric d is expansive if there is c > 0 such that if x, y ∈ X and x ≠ y, then there is an integer n ∈ ℤ such that d ( f n ( x ) , f n ( y ) ) > c . In this paper, we prove that if a homeomorphism f:X → X of a continuum X can be lifted to an onto map h:P → P of the pseudo-arc P, then f is not expansive. As a corollary, we prove that there are no expansive homeomorphisms on chainable continua. This is an affirmative answer to one of Williams’ conjectures.

The solenoids are the only circle-like continua that admit expansive homeomorphisms

Christopher Mouron (2009)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

A homeomorphism h:X → X of a compactum X is expansive provided that for some fixed c > 0 and any distinct x, y ∈ X there exists an integer n, dependent only on x and y, such that d(hⁿ(x),hⁿ(y)) > c. It is shown that if X is a circle-like continuum that admits an expansive homeomorphism, then X is homeomorphic to a solenoid.

The sup = max problem for the extent of generalized metric spaces

Yasushi Hirata, Yukinobu Yajima (2013)

Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae

It looks not useful to study the sup = max problem for extent, because there are simple examples refuting the condition. On the other hand, the sup = max problem for Lindelöf degree does not occur at a glance, because Lindelöf degree is usually defined by not supremum but minimum. Nevertheless, in this paper, we discuss the sup = max problem for the extent of generalized metric spaces by combining the sup = max problem for the Lindelöf degree of these spaces.

The universal separable metric space of Urysohn and isometric embeddings thereof in Вanach spaces

M. Holmes (1992)

Fundamenta Mathematicae

This paper is an investigation of the universal separable metric space up to isometry U discovered by Urysohn. A concrete construction of U as a metric subspace of the space C[0,1] of functions from [0,1] to the reals with the supremum metric is given. An answer is given to a question of Sierpiński on isometric embeddings of U in C[0,1]. It is shown that the closed linear span of an isometric copy of U in a Banach space which contains the zero of the Banach space is determined up to linear isometry....

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