On order structure of the set of one-point Tychonoff extensions of a locally compact space (Q2643063)

The paper consists of seven sections. Section 1 (introduction) contains some needed definitions, notations, terminology and a brief survey of the paper. In the section 2 (the partially ordered set of one-point Tikhonov extensions of a locally compact space) the author defines some sets of one-point extensions, establishes some order-isomorphism \(\mu\), and as a result, he shows that the order structure of some of them corresponds to the topology of \(X^*=\beta X\setminus X\). Section 3 (the case when \(X\) is locally compact and paracompact) is a continuation of section 2. Section 4 (the relation between various subsets of one-point extensions of a locally compact space) ``deals with the order theoretic relations between various sets of one-point extensions of the space \(X\)''. In section 5 (the existence of minimal and maximal elements in various sets of one-point extensions), the author finds a sufficient condition that some of the sets of one-point extensions admits maximal or minimal elements. In section 6 (some cardinality theorems) the author finds a lower bound for cardinalities of two of the sets of one-point extensions introduced before. And finally, in section 7 (some applications) the author defines an order-isomorphism from the set of all Tikhonov extensions of a Tikhonov space \(X\) into the set of all ideals of \(C^*(X)\), partially ordered with inclusion and applies it to obtain some additional results.