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Disjoint embeddings of compacta

Part of: Maps and general types of spaces defined by maps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2010

Howard Becker ,
Fons van Engelen  and
Jan van Mill
Howard Becker
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, U.S.A.
Fons van Engelen
Affiliation:
Econometric Institute, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Postbus 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Jan van Mill
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1018a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract

Let X be a separable and metrizable space containing uncountably many pairwise disjoint copies of the compactum K. We discuss the question whether X must contain K × 2ω.

MSC classification

Secondary: 54C25: Embedding

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Mathematika , Volume 41 , Issue 2 , December 1994 , pp. 221 - 232
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Copyright © University College London 1994

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