A continuity property with applications to the topology of $2$-manifolds
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Abstract:
A continuity property is proved for variable simply connected domains with locally connected boundaries. This theorem provides a link between limits of conformal mappings and of retractions. Applications are given to the space of retractions of a compact $2$-manifold ${M^2}$, where it is shown that the space of deformations retractions is contractible and the space of nullhomotopic retrac tions has the same homotopy type as ${M^2}$. Other applications include a proof that the space of retracts of ${M^2}$ (with a natural quotient topology) is an absolute neighborhood retract, and a type of global solution to the Dirichlet problem.References
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- © Copyright 1974 American Mathematical Society
- Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 200 (1974), 369-393
- MSC: Primary 57A05
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1974-0358781-0
- MathSciNet review: 0358781