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On the Local Connectedness of βX-X

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

R. Grant Woods*
Affiliation:
University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
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Let X be any completely regular Hausdorff topological space, and let βX denote its Stone-Čech compactification. This note is devoted to proving the following result:

5. THEOREM. Let X be realcompact and noncompact. Then βX—X is not connected im kleinen at any point.

Type
Mathematical Notes
Copyright
Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1972

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