Ultrametrics and infinite dimensional Whitehead theorems in shape theory (Q1911863)
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Ultrametrics and infinite dimensional Whitehead theorems in shape theory (English)
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28 April 1996
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The authors use a Cantor completion process to construct a complete non-Archimedean metric on the set of shape morphisms between pointed metric compacta. In the case of shape groups this produces a complete left and right invariant ultrametric on the group. This construction is analogous to the one used by the authors for the space of shape morphisms of nonpointed compacta [Shape as a Cantor completion process, Math. Z. (to appear)]. In applying this construction to pointed compacta, the authors obtain the norm on the shape groups mentioned above. This norm is used to prove a variety of known Whitehead type theorems in shape theory as well as some new results.
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pointed shape theory
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Whitehead theorem
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shape morphism
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Cantor completion process
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invariant ultrametric
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shape theory
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