A note on the homotopical characterization of Rn.
A topological space X is called an -bubble (n is a natural number, is Čech cohomology with integer coefficients) if its n-dimensional cohomology is nontrivial and the n-dimensional cohomology of every proper subspace is trivial. The main results of our paper are: (1) Any compact metrizable -bubble is locally connected; (2) There exists a 2-dimensional 2-acyclic compact metrizable ANR which does not contain any -bubbles; and (3) Every n-acyclic finite-dimensional -trivial metrizable compactum...
A metric space (X,ϱ) satisfies the disjoint (0,n)-cells property provided for each point x ∈ X, any map f of the n-cell into X and for each ε > 0 there exist a point y ∈ X and a map such that ϱ(x,y) < ε, and . It is proved that each homogeneous locally compact ANR of dimension >2 has the disjoint (0,2)-cells property. If dimX = n > 0, X has the disjoint (0,n-1)-cells property and X is a locally compact -space then local homologies satisfy for k < n and Hn(X,X-x) ≠ 0.
In this survey, we consider several questions pertaining to homeomorphisms, including criteria for their existence in certain circumstances, and obstructions to their existence.
The cell-like approximation theorem of R. D. Edwards characterizes the n-manifolds precisely as the resolvable ENR homology n-manifolds with the disjoint disks property for 5 ≤ n < ∞. Since no proof for the n = 5 case has ever been published, we provide the missing details about the proof of the cell-like approximation theorem in dimension 5.
The aim of this paper is to prove the generalized Schoenflies theorem for the class of absolute suspensions. The question whether the finite-dimensional absolute suspensions are homeomorphic to spheres remains open. Partial solution to this question was obtained in [Sz] and [Mi]. Morton Brown gave in [Br] an ingenious proof of the generalized Schoenflies theorem. Careful analysis of his proof reveals that modulo some technical adjustments a similar argument gives an analogous result for the class...