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0-dimensional compactifications and Boolean rings

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 April 2009

K. D. Magill Jr
Affiliation:
State University of New York at Buffalo
J. A. Glasenapp
Affiliation:
Rochester Institute of Technology
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A subset of a topological space which is both closed and open is referred to as a clopen subset. Here, a 0-dimensional space is a Hausdorff space which has a basis of clopen sets. Here, a 0-dimensional space is a Hausdorff space which has a basis of clopen sets. By a compactification αX of a completely regular Hausdorff space X, we mean any compact space which contains X as a dense subspace. Two compactifications αX and γX are regarded as being equivalent if there exists a homeomorphism from αX onto γX which keeps X pointwise fixed. We will not distinguish between equivalent compactifications. With this convention, we can partially order any family of compactifications of X by defining αX ≧ γX if there exists a continuous mapping from γX onto αX which leaves X pointwise fixed. This paper is concerned with the study of the partially ordered family [X] of all 0-dimensional compactifications of a 0-dimensional space X.

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Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1968

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