Singular compactifications: the order structure

Chandler, Richard E.; Faulkner, Gary D.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9939-1987-0884483-2

Singular compactifications: the order structure
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by Richard E. Chandler and Gary D. Faulkner

Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 100 (1987), 377-382

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1987-0884483-2

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Abstract:

This paper investigates the order structure of the collection of singular compactifications of a locally compact Hausdorff space. In particular we will prove several theorems showing that $\beta X$ is the supremum of these simpler compactifications.

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