On some dimensional properties of 4-manifolds

DOI10.1016/S0166-8641(99)00097-8MaRDI QIDQ1581934zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors V. V. Fedorchuk, Alex Chigogidze

Publication date 16 July 2002

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/9908074

zbMATH Keywords

4-manifoldextension dimensionextension theoryJensen's principle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dimension theory in general topology (54F45) Dimension theory in algebraic topology (55M10) Topological manifolds (57N99)

Abstract: It is shown, under the assumption of Jensen's principle $lozenge$, that if for a complex L with $[L]geq[S^4]$ there exists a metrizable compactum whose extension dimension is L, then there exists a differentiable, countably compact, perfectly normal and hereditarily separable 4-manifold whose extension dimension is also [L].

Review text

This paper involves the topic of extension theory. It attempts to prove that, under certain set-theoretic conditions (Jensen's principle \(\lozenge\)), one can prove the existence of 4-manifolds of a specific extension dimension. Logically, the paper seems to depend on its Proposition 2.7. But the proof of that proposition is invalid since it maintains that in a simplicial complex \(L\) with the metric topology, every compact subspace lies in the union of a finite collection of simplexes. This is not true. Just consider the wedge of a countably infinite collection of 1-simplexes and select a compact subspace consisting of the wedge vertex along with a sequence of points converging to it, one from the interior of each 1-simplex in the wedge. We do not know therefore if the results of the paper are true. Perhaps further research will serve to validate them.

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