Almost maximal spaces |
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Authors: | Yevhen Zelenyuk |
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Affiliation: | School of Mathematics, University of the Witwatersrand, Private Bag 3, Wits 2050, South Africa |
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Abstract: | A topological space X is called almost maximal if it is without isolated points and for every x∈X, there are only finitely many ultrafilters on X converging to x. We associate with every countable regular homogeneous almost maximal space X a finite semigroup Ult(X) so that if X and Y are homeomorphic, Ult(X) and Ult(Y) are isomorphic. Semigroups Ult(X) are projectives in the category F of finite semigroups. These are bands decomposing into a certain chain of rectangular components. Under MA, for each projective S in F, there is a countable almost maximal topological group G with Ult(G) isomorphic to S. The existence of a countable almost maximal topological group cannot be established in ZFC. However, there are in ZFC countable regular homogeneous almost maximal spaces X with Ult(X) being a chain of idempotents. |
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Keywords: | primary, 22A30, 54H11 secondary, 20M15, 54A05 |
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