On compactifications with path connected remainders
Authors:
Jan J. Dijkstra
Affiliation:
Faculteit der Exacte Wetenschappen/Afdeling Wiskunde, Vrije Universiteit, De~Boelelaan 1081a, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Abstract:
We prove that every separable and metrizable space admits a metrizable compactification with a remainder that is both path connected and locally path connected. This result answers a question of P. Simon.