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The range of ultrametrics, compactness, and separability

General Topology 2021-03-01 v2

Abstract

We describe the order type of range sets of compact ultrametrics and show that an ultrametrizable infinite topological space (X,τ)(X, \tau) is compact iff the range sets are order isomorphic for any two ultrametrics compatible with the topology τ\tau. It is also shown that an ultrametrizable topology is separable iff every compatible with this topology ultrametric has at most countable range set.

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@article{arxiv.2102.10901,
  title  = {The range of ultrametrics, compactness, and separability},
  author = {Oleksiy Dovgoshey and Volodymir Shcherbak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.10901},
  year   = {2021}
}

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17 pages

R2 v1 2026-06-23T23:23:34.704Z