On definably proper maps

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Abstract: In this paper we work in o-minimal structures with definable Skolem functions and show that a continuous definable map between Hausdorff locally definably compact definable spaces is definably proper if and only if it is proper morphism in the category of definable spaces. We give several other characterizations of definably proper including one involving the existence of limits of definable types. We also prove the basic properties of definably proper maps and the invariance of definably proper in elementary extensions and o-minimal expansions.


The authors mainly work in the category of Hausdorff definable spaces over an o-minimal structure with definable Skolem functions. Their main results are: {\parindent=0.8cm \begin{itemize}\item[(i)] A definably compact space is definably normal. \item[(ii)] A locally definably compact space admits a local almost everywhere curve selection; definable compactness is preserved under elementary extensions and o-minimal expansions. \item[(iii)] A morphism into a locally definably compact space is definably proper iff it is proper in the category of definable spaces iff it is definably closed with definably compact fibers. \item[(iv)] Definable properness is preserved under elementary extensions and, if into a locally definably compact space, o-minimal expansions. \item[(v)] ``Definably proper is equivalent to ``lifts completability of definable curves. NEWLINENEWLINE\end{itemize}} In the case of expansions of the ordered set of reals, ``definably compact means ``compact and ``definably proper into a locally definably compact space means ``proper. ``Definably compact is also equivalent to the sentence ``each definable type has a limit. For a morphism \(f:X \to Y\) into a locally definably compact space, ``definably proper is equivalent to the statement ``for a definable type \(p\), if \(\tilde{f}(p)\) has a limit in \(Y\), then \(p\) has a limit in \(X\).











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