Reconstructing compact metrizable spaces

. It is known that every (metrizable) continuum is reconstructible, whereas the Cantor set is non-reconstructible. The main result of this paper characterises the non-reconstructible compact metrizable spaces as precisely those where for each point

x

there is a sequence

l a n g l e B_{n}^{x} c o l o n n i n m a t h b b N a n g l e

of pairwise disjoint clopen subsets converging to

x

such that

B_{n}^{x}

and

B_{n}^{y}

are homeomorphic for each

n

, and all

x

and

y

. In a non-reconstructible compact metrizable space the set of

1

-point components forms a dense

G_{d} e l t a

. For

h

-homogeneous spaces, this condition is sufficient for non-reconstruction. A wide variety of spaces with a dense

G_{d} e l t a

set of

1

-point components are presented, some reconstructible and others not reconstructible.

Review text

Reconstructing topological spaces from their (abstract) groups of homeomorphisms is well-studied in the literature. The present paper deals with a different approach to reconstructing topological spaces that finds its origin in graph theory. The authors define a space \(X\) to be \textit{reconstructible} if whenever \(\mathcal{D}(Z)=\mathcal{D}(X)\), then \(Z\) is homeomorphic to \(X\). Here \(\mathcal{D}(X) = \{[X\setminus \{x\}]: x\in X\}\), where \([Y]\) denotes the homeomorphism class of \(Y\). It is known that every metrizable continuum is reconstructible, whereas the familiar Cantor set is not. A usable, nontrivial and interesting topological characterization of the non-reconstructible compact metrizable spaces is obtained. They are precisely the compact metrizable spaces \(X\) where for each point \(x\) in \(X\) there is a sequence \(\{B_x^n : n \in \mathbb{N}\}\) of pairwise disjoint nonempty clopen subsets of \(X\) converging to \(x\) such that \(B_x^n\) and and \(B_y^n\) are homeomorphic for each \(n\) and all \(x\) and \(y\). Every non-reconstructible compact metrizable space contains a dense \(G_\delta\)-set of 1-point components. The converse of this is not true. Several interesting examples are also constructed.

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