Noetherian type in topological products

The cardinal invariant Noetherian type Nt(X) of a topological space X was introduced by Peregudov in 1997 to deal with base properties that were studied by the Russian School as early as 1976. We study its behavior in products and box-products of topological spaces. We prove in Section 2:

1. There are spaces X and Y such that Nt(X×Y)< min{Nt(X), Nt(Y)}.
2. In several classes of compact spaces, the Noetherian type is preserved by the operations of forming a square and of passing to a dense subspace.

The Noetherian type of the Cantor Cube of weight \({\aleph _\omega }\) with the countable box topology, \({({2^{{\aleph _\omega }}})_\delta }\) , is shown in Section 3 to be closely related to the combinatorics of covering collections of countable subsets of \({\aleph _\omega }\) . We discuss the influence of principles like \({\square _{{\aleph _\omega }}}\) and Chang’s conjecture for \({\aleph _\omega }\) on this number and prove that it is not decidable in ZFC (relative to the consistency of ZFC with large cardinal axioms). Within PCF theory we establish the existence of an (?₄, ?₁)-sparse covering family of countable subsets of \({\aleph _\omega }\) (Theorem 3.20). From this follows an absolute upper bound of ?₄ on the Noetherian type of \({({2^{{\aleph _\omega }}})_\delta }\) . The proof uses a method that was introduced by Shelah in 1993 [33].     

A new compactness type topological property

By a gauge on a topological space we shall mean a mapping that assigns each element in the space an open neighbourhood. We investigate some topological properties which can be characterized using gauges. The main property we will consider is the gauge compactness. Some problems and possible future work are listed at the end of the paper.     

Large volume growth and finite topological type

It is shown in this paper that a complete noncompact -dimensional Riemannian manifold with nonnegative Ricci curvature, sectional curvature bounded from below, and large volume growth is of finite topological type provided that the volume growth rate of the complement of the cone of rays from a fixed base point is less than .

     

A property of Dunford-Pettis type in topological groups

The property of Dunford-Pettis for a locally convex space was introduced by Grothendieck in 1953. Since then it has been intensively studied, with especial emphasis in the framework of Banach space theory.

In this paper we define the Bohr sequential continuity property (BSCP) for a topological Abelian group. This notion could be the analogue to the Dunford-Pettis property in the context of groups. We have picked this name because the Bohr topology of the group and of the dual group plays an important role in the definition. We relate the BSCP with the Schur property, which also admits a natural formulation for Abelian topological groups, and we prove that they are equivalent within the class of separable metrizable locally quasi-convex groups.

For Banach spaces (or for metrizable locally convex spaces), considered in their additive structure, we show that the BSCP lies between the Schur and the Dunford-Pettis properties.

     

Manifolds of nonnegative Ricci curvature and infinite topological type

Geometriae Dedicata - We construct a family of complete n-dimensional ( $$n\ge 4$$ ) manifolds with nonnegative Ricci curvature and infinite topological type. Moreover, the curvature decay,...     

Manifolds of infinite topological type with integrable geodesic flows

Let (M,k) be a complete surface of constant negative curvature (resp. an -geometric 3-manifold). This paper constructs a complete riemannian 8-manifold (resp. 9-manifold) (,h) such that is homotopy equivalent to M, the geodesic flow of h is completely integrable and there is a riemannian embedding (M,k)(,h). This embeds the geodesic flow of (M,k) as a subsystem of an integrable geodesic flow. Amongst the manifolds is an 8-dimensional manifold whose fundamental group is the free group on countably many generators.Thanks to Keith Burns and Leo Jonker for comments. Research partially supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 58F17, 53D25, 37D40     

Morse-Conley theory for minimal surfaces of varying topological type

Oblatum 25-1-1989 &; 18-VI-1990     

Complete gradient shrinking Ricci solitons have finite topological type

We show that a complete Riemannian manifold has finite topological type (i.e., homeomorphic to the interior of a compact manifold with boundary), provided its Bakry–Émery Ricci tensor has a positive lower bound, and either of the following conditions:(i) the Ricci curvature is bounded from above;(ii) the Ricci curvature is bounded from below and injectivity radius is bounded away from zero.Moreover, a complete shrinking Ricci soliton has finite topological type if its scalar curvature is bounded. To cite this article: F.-q. Fang et al., C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 346 (2008).     

Fixed point theory for extension type maps in topological spaces

Several new fixed point results for self maps in extension type spaces are presented in this article.     

Perturbation of topological solitons due to sine-Gordon equation and its type

This paper studies the adiabatic dynamics of topological solitons in presence of perturbation terms. The solitons due to sine-Gordon equation, double sine-Gordon equation, sine–cosine Gordon equation and double sine–cosine Gordon equations are studied, in this paper. The adiabatic variation of soliton velocity is obtained in this paper by soliton perturbation theory.     

On the topological type of a set of plane valuations with symmetries

Let be a set of irreducible plane curve singularities. For an action of a finite group G , let be the Alexander polynomial in variables of the algebraic link and let with identical variables in each group. (If , is the monodromy zeta function of the function germ , where is an equation defining the curve C ₁.) We prove that determines the topological type of the link L . We prove an analogous statement for plane divisorial valuations formulated in terms of the Poincaré series of a set of valuations.