Is a monotone union of contractible open sets contractible?

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2016.10.001MaRDI QIDQ340730zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Fredric D. Ancel, Robert D. Edwards

Publication date 15 November 2016

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.05379

zbMATH Keywords

\(\sigma\)-compactlocally compactcontractibilitymonotone unionnormal space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fairly general properties of topological spaces (54D99) Homotopy theory (55P99) Classical topics in algebraic topology (55M99) Topological manifolds (57N99)

Abstract: This paper presents some partial answers to the following question. QUESTION. If a normal space X is the union of an increasing sequence of open sets U(1), U(2), U(3) ... such that each U(n) contracts to a point in X, must X be contractible? The main results of the paper are: THEOREM 1. If a normal space X is the union of a sequence of open subsets { U(n) } such that the closure of U(n) is contained in U(n+1) and U(n) contracts to a point in U(n+1) for each n > 0, then X is contractible. COROLLARY 2. If a locally compact sigma-compact normal space X is the union of an increasing sequence of open sets U(1), U(2), U(3) ... such that each U(n) contracts to a point in X, then X is contractible.

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