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An Internal Solution to the Problem of Linearization of a Convexity Space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

D. A. Szafron
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of ReginaRegina, Saskatchewan, CanadaS4S OA2
J. H. Weston
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of ReginaRegina, Saskatchewan, CanadaS4S OA2
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Following Kay and Womble [2] an abstract convexity structure on a set X is a collection ξ of subsets of X which includes the empty set, X and is closed under arbitrary intersections. One of the natural problems that arises in convexity structures is to give necessary and sufficient conditions for the existance of a linear structure on X such that the collection of all convex sets in the resulting linear space is precisely ξ. An associated problem is to consider a set with a convexity structure and a topology and find necessary and sufficient conditions for the existance of a linear structure on X such that X becomes a linear topological space with again ξ the collection of convex sets.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1976

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