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Conditions under which disks are $P$-liftable
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by Edythe P. Woodruff PDF
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 186 (1973), 403-418 Request permission

Abstract:

A generalization of the concept of lifting of an n-cell is studied. In the usual upper semicontinuous decomposition terminology, let S be a space, $S/G$ be the decomposition space, and the projection mapping be $P:S \to S/G$ . A set $X’ \subset S$ is said to be a P-lift of a set $X \subset S/G$ if $X’$ is homeomorphic to X and $P(X’)$ is X. Examples are given in which the union of two P-liftable sets does not P-lift. We prove that if compact 2-manifolds A and B each P-lift, their union is a disk in ${E^3}/G$, their intersection misses the singular points of the projection mapping, and the intersection of the singular points with the union of A and B is a 0-dimensional set, then the union of A and B does P-lift. Even if a disk D does not P-lift, it is proven that for $\epsilon > 0$ there is a P-liftable disk $\epsilon$-homeomorphic to D, provided that the given decomposition of ${E^3}$ is either definable by 3-cells, or the set of nondegenerate elements is countable and ${E^3}/G$ is homeomorphic to ${E^3}$. With further restrictions on the decomposition, this P-liftable disk can be chosen in such a manner that it agrees with D on the singular points of D.
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  • © Copyright 1973 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 186 (1973), 403-418
  • MSC: Primary 57A10; Secondary 54B15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1973-0328943-6
  • MathSciNet review: 0328943