(Non-)contractible road spaces of trees

MaRDI QIDQ6324220zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Mathieu Baillif

Publication date 26 August 2019

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Linearly ordered topological spaces, generalized ordered spaces, and partially ordered spaces (54F05) Connections of general topology with other structures, applications (54H99)

Abstract: We prove that the road space of an R-special tree is contractible and that a locally metrizable space containing a copy of an uncountable $omeg{a}_1$-compact subspace of a tree is not. We also raise some questions about possible generalizations.

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