Dimensionsgrad for locally connected Polish spaces

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Chair of General Topology and Geometry, Mech. Math. Faculty, Moscow State University, 119-899 Moscow, Russia
Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen, Divisie Wiskunde en Informatica, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands

It is shown that for every n ≥ 2 there exists an n-dimensional locally connected Polish space with Dimensionsgrad 1.

Dimensionsgrad, dimension, locally connected space

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