Every weak proper homotopy equivalence is weakly properly homotopic to a proper homotopy equivalence
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- by David A. Edwards and Harold M. Hastings PDF
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Abstract:
We prove that every weak proper homotopy equivalence of $\sigma$-compact, locally compact Hausdorff spaces is weakly properly homotopic to a proper homotopy equivalence.References
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- © Copyright 1976 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 221 (1976), 239-248
- MSC: Primary 55D10
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1976-0410735-3
- MathSciNet review: 0410735