K-Theory of Eilenberg-Mac Lane Spaces and Cell-Like Mapping Problem (Q4038463)

The notion of cell-like map (i.e.: a map between compacta \(f:Y\to X\) such that the preimage of each point \(f^{-1}(x)\), can be embedded in a manifold as an intersection of a decreasing system of closed topological cells) is very important in geometric topology; the reason is that the cell-like maps between closed manifolds of dimension \(\neq 3\) can be approximated by homeomorphisms. In this very impressive paper the author produces a cell-like map \(f:I^ 6\to X\) of the 6-dimensional cube with infinite-dimensional image. First, he uses the complex \(K\)-theory of Eilenberg-Mac Lane spaces \(K(\pi,2)\) for \(\pi=\mathbb{Z}_ p\) and \(\mathbb{Z}\left[{1\over p}\right]=\{m/p^ k\in\mathbb{Q}\}\), where \(p\) is prime; also an infinite-dimensional compactum \(X\) with \(\mathbb{Z}\)-cohomological dimension of \(X\times X\leq 5\), is constructed. Then the author obtains an Edwards-Walsh resolution \(f:Y\to X\) with the property \(\dim Y\times Y\leq 5\).