On decompositions of continua
Let f: X → Y be a closed n-dimensional surjective map of metrizable spaces. It is shown that if Y is a C-space, then: (1) the set of all maps g: X → ⁿ with dim(f △ g) = 0 is uniformly dense in C(X,ⁿ); (2) for every 0 ≤ k ≤ n-1 there exists an -subset of X such that and the restriction is (n-k-1)-dimensional. These are extensions of theorems by Pasynkov and Toruńczyk, respectively, obtained for finite-dimensional spaces. A generalization of a result due to Dranishnikov and Uspenskij about...
For each natural number n ≥ 1 and each pair of ordinals α,β with n ≤ α ≤ β ≤ ω(⁺), where ω(⁺) is the first ordinal of cardinality ⁺, we construct a continuum such that (a) ; (b) ; (c) ; (d) if β < ω(⁺), then is separable and first countable; (e) if n = 1, then can be made chainable or hereditarily decomposable; (f) if α = β < ω(⁺), then can be made hereditarily indecomposable; (g) if n = 1 and α = β < ω(⁺), then can be made chainable and hereditarily indecomposable. In particular,...
We prove that, for every finite-dimensional metrizable space, there exists a compactification that is Eberlein compact and preserves both the covering dimension and weight.