Compact ANR’s have finite type

DOI10.1090/S0002-9904-1975-13689-5zbMath0297.54015OpenAlexW1985632621MaRDI QIDQ4051289

James E. West

Publication date: 1975

Published in: Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1090/s0002-9904-1975-13689-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification of homotopy type (55P15) Absolute neighborhood extensor, absolute extensor, absolute neighborhood retract (ANR), absolute retract spaces (general properties) (54C55) Topology of infinite-dimensional manifolds (57N20) Cellularity in topological manifolds (57N60)

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