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A closed simplicial model category for proper homotopy and shape theories

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 April 2009

J.M. García-Calcines
Affiliation:
Departamento de Matemática FundamentalUniversidad de La Laguna38271 La Laguna, Spain e-mail: jmgarcal@ull.es
M. Garcia-Pinillos
Affiliation:
Departemento de MatemáticasUniversidad de Zaragoza50009 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: tvirgos@roble.pntic.mec.es
L.J. Hernández-Paricio
Affiliation:
Departemento de MatemáticasUniversidad de Zaragoza50009 Zaragoza, Spain e-mail: ljhernan@posta.unizar.es
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Abstract

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In this paper, we introduce the notion of exterior space and give a full embedding of the category P of spaces and proper maps into the category E of exterior spaces. We show that the category E admits the structure of a closed simplicial model category. This technique solves the problem of using homotopy constructions available in the localised category HoE and in the “homotopy category” π0E, which can not be developed in the proper homotopy category.

On the other hand, for compact metrisable spaces we have formulated sets of shape morphisms, discrete shape morphisms and strong shape morphisms in terms of sets of exterior homotopy classes and for the case of finite covering dimension in terms of homomorphism sets in the localised category.

As applications, we give a new version of the Whitehead Theorem for proper homotopy and an exact sequence that generalises Quigley's exact sequence and contains the shape version of Edwards-Hastings' Comparison Theorem.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1998

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