On generalized 3-manifolds which are not homologically locally connected (Q1939200)

In Section 3, the authors provide a construction which generalizes one that was originally given by van Kampen. It results in a compact metrizable space \(X^*\) whose topological type depends on the choice of a sequence \((B_i)\) of homology \(3\)-balls \(B_i\). There are infinitely many distinct homology \(3\)-balls, so there are infinitely many such spaces \(X^*\). The original construction of van Kampen used a certain fixed homology \(3\)-ball. Each \(X^*\) is shown to be a generalized \(3\)-manifold; these spaces are to be called van Kampen generalized \(3\)-manifolds. The main theorem is: Theorem 1.1. No van Kampen generalized \(3\)-manifold is homologically locally connected in dimension \(1\) with respect to singular homology, nor is it homeomorphic to any singular quotient \(3\)-manifold. Furthermore, no singular quotient \(3\)-manifold is locally homeomorphic to any van Kampen generalized \(3\)-manifold.