Realizing spaces as path-component spaces

Publication date 19 December 2019

Abstract: The path component space of a topological space

X

is the quotient space

p i_{0} (X)

whose points are the path components of

X

. We show that every Tychonoff space

X

is the path-component space of a Tychonoff space

Y

of weight

w (Y) = w (X)

such that the natural quotient map

Y o p i_{0} (Y) = X

is a perfect map. Hence, many topological properties of

X

transfer to

Y

. We apply this result to construct a compact space

X s u b s e t m a t h b b R^{3}

for which the fundamental group

p i_{1} (X, x_{0})

is an uncountable, cosmic,

k_{o m e g a}

-topological group but for which the canonical homomorphism

p s i : p i_{1} (X, x_{0}) o c h e c k {p i}_{1} (X, x_{0})

to the first shape homotopy group is trivial.

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