Invariants for Real-Generated Uniform Topological and Algebraic Categories

  • PDF / 6,206,167 Bytes
  • 207 Pages / 461 x 684 pts Page_size
  • 4 Downloads / 205 Views

DOWNLOAD

REPORT


491 Kevin A. Broughan

Invariants for Real-Generated Uniform Topological and Algebraic Categories

Springer-Verlag Berlin.Heidelberg- New York 1975

Lecture Notes in Mathematics Edited by A. Dold and B. Eckmann

491 Kevin A. Broughan

Invariants for Real-Generated Uniform Topological and Algebraic Categories

Springer-Verlag Berlin.Heidelberg- New York 1975

Author Kevin A. Broughan Department of Mathematics University of Waikato Hamilton/New Zealand

Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data

Broughan, K ~ 1943lnvariant for real-generated braic categories.

u n i f o r m and a l g e -

( L e c t u r e n o t e s i n m a t h e m a t i c s ; 491) Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. tLniform s p a c e s . 2. T o p o l o g i c a l s p a c e s . 3o Categories (Mathematics) 4. Invariants. I. Title. II. Series: Lecture notes in mathematics (Berlin) ; 491. QA3.L28 no. 491 [QA611.25] 510'.8s [514'.32] 75-34130

AMS Subject Classifications (1970): 02E15, 02E99, 06A10, 10A40, 10B05, 10F35, 10M10, 12J10, 12J20, 13A15,13J99,15A03, 18B99, 18D35,22A99, 26A51, 33A70, 46A15, 54C05, 54C30, 54D20, 54 E05, 54E15, 54 E25, 54 E35, 54 F45, 54 F50, 54 H25. ISBN 3-540-07418-X Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 9 New 9 York ISBN 0-387-07418-X Springer-Verlag New York Heidelberg 9 Berlin 9 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically those of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, broadcasting, reproduction by photocopying machine or similar means, and storage in data banks. Under w 54 of the German Copyright Law where copies are made for other than private use, a fee is payable to the publisher, the amount of the fee to be determined by agreement with the publisher. 9 by Springer-Verlag Berlin 9Heidelberg 1975 Printed in Germany Offsetdruck: Julius Beltz, Hemsbach/Bergstr.

Introduction

This natural

book

is c o n c e r n e d w i t h

invariants

for c a t e g o r i e s

of u n i f o r m and t o p o l o g i c a l categories tion and

the n a t u r a l

invariants

of c o n s t r u c t i o n

spaces.

metric having numbers,

are

similar

of the

corresponding

from the

invariants

in the c a t e g o r y

If a t o p o l o g i c a l its range

metric.

real n u m b e r s

metrization

which

However,

give rise

to u n i q u e m e t r i z a t i o n

theorems.

give rise

to the same m e t r i z a t i o n More precisely,

metrizable

topological

its r a n g e

are

topolo-

a compatible

such a

s u b s e t of the p o s i t i v e

chosen.

real n u m b e r s

-- this

s u b s e t of the real

of the

to be e q u i v a l e n t .

subset

follows

at least t h e o r e t i c a l l y ,

theorem,

the

of the

space has also

for e a c h

t h e r e w i l l be,

generated

space has

in a c e r t a i n

Hence,

set of

of m e t r i z a b l e

structure

having

in d e f i n i -

An i l l u s t r a t i o n

then e v e r y h o m e o m o r p h i c

compatible

positive

categories

In each of t h e s e

functions which have

in each category.