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On Continuous Images Of Ultra-Arcs, Paul Bankston
On Continuous Images Of Ultra-Arcs, Paul Bankston
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications
Any space homeomorphic to one of the standard subcontinua of the Stone-Čech remainder of the real half-line is called an ultra-arc. Alternatively, an ultra-arc may be viewed as an ultracopower of the real unit interval via a free ultrafilter on a countable set. It is known that any continuum of weight is a continuous image of any ultra-arc; in this paper we address the problem of which continua are continuous images under special maps. Here are some of the results we present.
Ultracoproduct Continua And Their Regular Subcontinua, Paul Bankston
Ultracoproduct Continua And Their Regular Subcontinua, Paul Bankston
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications
We continue our study of ultracoproduct continua, focusing on the role played by the regular subcontinua—those subcontinua which are themselves ultracoproducts. Regular subcontinua help us in the analysis of intervals, composants, and noncut points of ultracoproduct continua. Also, by identifying two points when they are contained in the same regular subcontinua, we naturally generalize the partition of a standard subcontinuum of H⁎" role="presentation" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline-block; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; font-size: 14.4px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; text-transform: none; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; white-space: nowrap; float: none; direction: ltr; max-width: none; max-height: …
Chainability And Hemmingsen's Theorem, Paul Bankston
Chainability And Hemmingsen's Theorem, Paul Bankston
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications
On the surface, the definitions of chainability and Lebesgue covering dimension ⩽1 are quite similar as covering properties. Using the ultracoproduct construction for compact Hausdorff spaces, we explore the assertion that the similarity is only skin deep. In the case of dimension, there is a theorem of E. Hemmingsen that gives us a first-order lattice-theoretic characterization. We show that no such characterization is possible for chainability, by proving that if κ is any infinite cardinal and AA is a lattice base for a nondegenerate continuum, then AA is elementarily equivalent to a lattice base for a continuum Y …
The Chang-Los-Suszko Theorem In A Topological Setting, Paul Bankston
The Chang-Los-Suszko Theorem In A Topological Setting, Paul Bankston
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications
The Chang-Łoś-Suszko theorem of first-order model theory characterizes universal-existential classes of models as just those elementary classes that are closed under unions of chains. This theorem can then be used to equate two model-theoretic closure conditions for elementary classes; namely unions of chains and existential substructures. In the present paper we prove a topological analogue and indicate some applications.
Some Applications Of The Ultrapower Theorem To The Theory Of Compacta, Paul Bankston
Some Applications Of The Ultrapower Theorem To The Theory Of Compacta, Paul Bankston
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications
The ultrapower theorem of Keisler and Shelah allows such model-theoretic notions as elementary equivalence, elementary embedding and existential embedding to be couched in the language of categories (limits, morphism diagrams). This in turn allows analogs of these (and related) notions to be transported into unusual settings, chiefly those of Banach spaces and of compacta. Our interest here is the enrichment of the theory of compacta, especially the theory of continua, brought about by the importation of model-theoretic ideas and techniques.