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One-point extensions and local topological properties

General Topology 2015-06-25 v2

Abstract

A space YY is called an extension of a space XX if YY contains XX as a dense subspace. An extension YY of XX is called a one-point extension of XX if Y\XY\backslash X is a singleton. P. Alexandroff proved that any locally compact non-compact Hausdorff space XX has a one-point compact Hausdorff extension, called the one-point compactification of XX. Motivated by this, S. Mr\'{o}wka and J.H. Tsai [On local topological properties. II, Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. S\'{e}r. Sci. Math. Astronom. Phys. 19 (1971), 1035-1040] posed the following more general question: For what pairs of topological properties P{\mathscr P} and Q{\mathscr Q} does a locally-P{\mathscr P} space XX having Q{\mathscr Q} possess a one-point extension having both P{\mathscr P} and Q{\mathscr Q}? Here, we provide an answer to this old question.

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@article{arxiv.1210.8074,
  title  = {One-point extensions and local topological properties},
  author = {M. R. Koushesh},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.8074},
  year   = {2015}
}

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