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A fundamental group topology

Part of: Topological and differentiable algebraic systems Homotopy groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

C. H. Houghton
C. H. Houghton
Affiliation:
Department of Pure Mathematics University CollegeP.O. Box 78 Cardiff, CF1 1XL Wales, U.K.
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Abstract

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The topology of the Čech fundamental group of the one-point compactification of an appropriate space Y induces a topology on the fundamental group of Y. We describe this topology in terms of a topological group introduced by Higman.

MSC classification

Secondary: 22A05: Structure of general topological groups 55Q07: Shape groups
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Australian Mathematical Society , Volume 37 , Issue 3 , December 1984 , pp. 416 - 420
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1984

References

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