Spaces which invert weak homotopy equivalences

DOI10.1017/S0013091518000639zbMATH Open1417.55017arXiv1709.08734WikidataQ128894480 ScholiaQ128894480MaRDI QIDQ4631383FDOQ4631383

Authors: Jonathan Ariel Barmak 

Publication date: 24 April 2019

Published in: Proceedings of the Edinburgh Mathematical Society (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is well known that if $X$ is a CW-complex, then for every weak homotopy equivalence $f:AoB$, the map $f_{\ast }:[X,A]o[X,B]$ induced in homotopy classes is a bijection. For which spaces $X$ is $f^{\ast }:[B,X]o[A,X]$ a bijection for every weak equivalence $f$? This question was considered by J. Strom and T. Goodwillie. In this note we prove that a non-empty space inverts weak equivalences if and only if it is contractible.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1709.08734

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zbMATH Keywords

homotopy typesweak homotopy equivalencesnon-Hausdorff spaces

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classification of homotopy type (55P15) Extremally disconnected spaces, (F)-spaces, etc. (54G05) Homotopy groups, general; sets of homotopy classes (55Q05) (P)-spaces (54G10)

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• Smallest weakly contractible non-contractible topological spaces
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