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Title

Inessentiality with respect to subspaces

Authors 1

Affiliations

  1. Department of Mathematics, Haifa University, Mount Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel

Abstract

Let X be a compactum and let A={(Ai,Bi):i=1,2,...} be a countable family of pairs of disjoint subsets of X. Then A is said to be essential on Y ⊂ X if for every closed Fi separating Ai and Bi the intersection (Fi)Y is not empty. So A is inessential on Y if there exist closed Fi separating Ai and Bi such that Fi does not intersect Y. Properties of inessentiality are studied and applied to prove:  Theorem. For every countable family of pairs of disjoint open subsets of a compactum X there exists an open set G ∩ X on which A is inessential and for every positive-dimensional Y ∩ X ╲ G there exists an infinite subfamily B ∩ A which is essential on Y.  >This theorem and its generalization provide a new approach for constructing hereditarily infinite-dimensional compacta not containing subspaces of positive dimension which are weakly infinite-dimensional or C-spaces.

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Additional information

http://matwbn.icm.edu.pl/ksiazki/fm/fm147/fm14718.pdf

Pages:
93-68
Main language of publication
English
Received
1994-08-29
Published
1995
Exact and natural sciences