Large superuniversal metric spaces |
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Authors: | Stephen H Hechler |
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Institution: | (1) Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | For every uncountable cardinal κ define a metric spaceS to be κ-superuniversal iff for every metric spaceU of cardinality κ, every partial isometry intoS from a subset ofU of cardinality less than κ can be extended to all ofU. We prove that any such space must have cardinality at least
, and for each regular uncountable cardinal κ, we construct a κ-superuniversal metric space of cardinality
, It is proved that there is a unique κ-superuniversal metric space of cardinality κ iff
. Several decomposition theorems are also proved, e.g., every κ-superuniversal space contains a family of
disjoint κ-superuniversal subspaces. Finally, we consider some applications to more general topological spaces, to graph
theory, and to category theory, and we conclude with a list of open problems. |
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