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

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Abstract: If a Tychonoff space X is dense in a Tychonoff space Y, then Y is called a Tychonoff extension of X. Two Tychonoff extensions Y1 and Y2 of X are said to be equivalent, if there exists a homeomorphism f:Y1ightarrowY2 which keeps X pointwise fixed. This defines an equivalence relation on the class of all Tychonoff extensions of X. We identify those extensions of X which belong to the same equivalence classes. For two Tychonoff extensions Y1 and Y2 of X, we write Y2leqY1, if there exists a continuous function f:Y1ightarrowY2 which keeps X pointwise fixed. This is a partial order on the set of all Tychonoff extensions of X. If a Tychonoff extension Y of X is such that is a singleton, then Y is called a one-point extension of X. Let T(X) denote the set of all one-point extensions of X. We study the order structure of the partially ordered set (T(X),leq). For a locally compact space X, we define an order-anti-isomorphism from T(X) onto the set of all non-empty closed subsets of . We consider various sets of one-point extensions, including the set of all one-point locally compact extensions of X, the set of all one-point Lindelof extensions of X, the set of all one-point pseudocompact extensions of X, and the set of all one-point Cech-complete extensions of X, among others. We study how these sets of one-point extensions are related, and investigate the relation between their order structure, and the topology of subspaces of . We find some lower bounds for cardinalities of some of these sets of one-point extensions, and in a concluding section, we show how some of our results may be applied to obtain relations between the order structure of certain subfamilies of ideals of C∗(X) and the topology of subspaces of .


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.











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