There is no compact metrizable space containing all continua as unique components

Invariant Set (IS) theory is a locally causal ontic theory of physics based on the Cosmological Invariant Set postulate that the universe $U$ can be considered a deterministic dynamical system evolving precisely on a (suitably constructed) fractal dynamically invariant set in $U$'s state space. IS theory violates the Bell inequalities by violating Measurement Independence. Despite this, IS theory is not fine tuned, is not conspiratorial, does not constrain experimenter free will and does not invoke retrocausality. The reasons behind these claims are discussed in this paper. These arise from properties not found in conventional ontic models: the invariant set has zero measure in its Euclidean embedding space, has Cantor Set structure homeomorphic to the p-adic integers ($p \ggg 0$) and is non-computable. In particular, it is shown that the p-adic metric encapulates the physics of the Cosmological Invariant Set postulate, and provides the technical means to demonstrate no fine tuning or conspiracy. Quantum theory can be viewed as the singular limit of IS theory when when $p$ is set equal to infinity. Since it is based around a top-down constraint from cosmology, IS theory suggests that gravitational and quantum physics will be unified by a gravitational theory of the quantum, rather than a quantum theory of gravity. Some implications arising from such a perspective are discussed.

We find conditions which guarantee that a given flow Φ on a compact metric space X admits a Lyapunov 1-form ω lying in a prescribed Cech cohomology class ξ∈H ^ 1 (X;ℝ). These conditions are formulated in terms of the restriction of ξ to the chain recurrent set of Φ. The result of the paper may be viewed as a generalization of a well-known theorem by Conley about the existence of Lyapunov functions.

For a compact space K we denote by $$C_w(K)$$ ( $$C_p(K)$$ ) the space of continuous real-valued functions on K endowed with the weak (pointwise) topology. In this paper we address the following basic question which seems to be open: Suppose that K is an infinite (metrizable) compact space. Can $$C_w(K)$$ and $$C_p(K)$$ be homeomorphic? We show that the answer is “no”, provided K is an infinite compact metrizable C-space. In particular our proof works for any infinite compact metrizable finite-dimensional space K.

We prove that a compact space embeds into a ‐product of compact metrizable spaces (‐product of intervals) if and only if is (strongly countable‐dimensional) hereditarily metalindelöf and every subspace of has a nonempty relative open second countable subset. This provides novel characterizations of ‐Corson and compact spaces. We give an example of a uniform Eberlein compact space that does not embed into a product of compact metric spaces in such a way that the ‐product is dense in the image. In particular, this answers a question of Kubiś and Leiderman. We also show that for a compact space , the property of being compact is determined by the topological structure of the space of continuous real‐valued functions of equipped with the pointwise convergence topology. This refines a recent result of Zakrzewski.

Continua in the Gromov–Hausdorff space

Cell-like resolutions in the strongly countable [formula omitted]-dimensional case

Let π : Y → X \pi : Y\rightarrow X be a continuous surjection between compact Hausdorff spaces Y Y and X X which is irreducible in the sense that if F ⊊ Y F\subsetneq Y is closed, then π ( F ) ≠ X \pi (F)\neq X . We exhibit isomorphisms between various Boolean algebras associated to this data: the regular open sets of X X , the regular open sets of Y Y , the regular ideals of C ( X ) C(X) and the regular ideals of C ( Y ) C(Y) . We call X X and Y Y Boolean equivalent if the regular open sets of X X and the regular open sets of Y Y are isomorphic Boolean algebras. We give a characterization of when two compact metrizable spaces are Boolean equivalent; this characterization may be viewed as a topological version of the characterization of standard Borel spaces.

Chapter 58 - Questions on weakly infinite-dimensional spaces

Supercompact minus compact is super

In a previous paper the authors developed an operator-algebraic approach to Lewis Bowen's sofic measure entropy that yields invariants for actions of countable sofic groups by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space and by measure-preserving transformations on a standard probability space. We show here that these measure and topological entropy invariants both coincide with their classical counterparts when the acting group is amenable.

We introduce topological pressure for continuous actions of countable sofic groups on compact metrizable spaces. This generalizes the classical topological pressure for continuous actions of countable amenable groups on such spaces. We also establish the variational principle for topological pressure in this sofic context.

The space of marked commutative rings on n given generators is a compact metrizable space. We compute the Cantor–Bendixson rank of any member of this space. For instance, the Cantor–Bendixson rank of the free commutative ring on n generators is ωn, where ω is the smallest infinite ordinal. More generally, we work in the space of finitely generated modules over a given commutative ring.

In this paper we determine the representation type of some algebras of infinite matrices continuously controlled at infinity by a compact metrizable space. We explicitly classify their finitely presented modules in the finite and tame cases. The algebra of row-column-finite (or locally finite) matrices over an arbitrary field is one of the algebras considered in this paper, its representation type is shown to be finite.

We identify points of difference between Invariant Set Theory and standard quantum theory, and show that these lead to noticeable differences in predictions between the two theories. We design a number of experiments to test which of these predictions corresponds to our world. If these experiments were undertaken, they would allow us to investigate whether standard quantum theory or invariant set theory best describes reality. These tests can also be deployed on theories sharing similar properties (e.g., Penrose’s gravitational collapse theory).

Let K be a Hausdorff space and Cb(K) be the Banach algebra of all complex bounded continuous functions on K. We study the Gâteaux and Frechet differentiability of subspaces of Cb(K). Using this, we show that the set of all strong peak functions in a nontrivial separating separable subspace H of Cb(K) is a dense Gδ subset of H, if K is compact. This gives a generalized Bishop’s theorem, which says that the closure of the set of all strong peak points for H is the smallest closed norming subset of H. The classical Bishop’s theorem was proved for a separating subalgebra H and a metrizable compact space K.