The homotopy dimension of codiscrete subsets of the 2-sphere
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考研论坛»数学»低维拓扑knight51发表于2005-7-28 08:34低维拓扑<P>下面说说低维拓扑的内容:低维拓扑是微分拓扑的一部分,主要研究3,4维流形与纽结理论。
又叫几何拓扑。
主要以代数拓扑与微分拓扑为工具。
它与微分几何和动力系统关系密切。
国外搞这个方向的也几乎都搞微分几何和动力系统。
我国这个方向北大最牛,美国是伯克利和普林斯顿最牛。
比起代数几何来,它比较好入门。
初学者只需要代数拓扑,微分拓扑,黎曼几何的知识就行了。
美国这方面比较牛,几乎每个搞基础数学研究的都会低维拓扑。
</P><DIV class=postcolor>纠正一下上面的错误,美国也不是每个搞基础数的都精通低维拓扑,而是懂一些低维拓扑的知识。
如果入门后还想更加深入了解它,那还需要读一些双曲几何和拓扑动力系统的书。
</DIV><!-- THE POST --><!-- THE POST --><DIV class=postcolor>下面介绍一下这方面的牛人:Bill Thurston studied at New College, Sarasota, Florida. He received his B.S. from there in 1967 and moved to the University of California at Berkeley to undertake research under Morris Hirsch's and Stephen Smale's supervision. He was awarded his doctorate in 1972 for a thesis entitled Foliations of 3-manifolds which are circle bundles. This work showed the existence of compact leaves in foliations of 3-dimensional manifolds.After completing his Ph.D., Thurston spent the academic year 1972-73 at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. Then, in 1973, he was appointed an assistant professor of mathematics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1974 he was appointed professor of mathematics at Princeton University.Throughout this period Thurston worked on foliations. Lawson ([5]) sums up this work:-It is evident that Thurston's contributions to the field of foliations are of considerable depth. However, what sets them apart is their marvellous originality. This is also true of his subsequent work on Teichmüller space and the theory of 3-manifolds.In [8] Wall describes Thurston's contributions which led to him being awarded a Fields Medal in 1982. In fact the1982 Fields Medals were announced at a meeting of the General Assembly of the International Mathematical Union in Warsaw in early August 1982. They were not presented until the International Congress in Warsaw which could not be held in 1982 as scheduled and was delayed until the following year. Lectures on the work of Thurston which led to his receiving the Medal were made at the 1983 International Congress. Wall, giving that address, said:-Thurston has fantastic geometric insight and vision: his ideas have completely revolutionised the study of topology in 2 and 3 dimensions, and brought about a new and fruitful interplaybetween analysis, topology and geometry.Wall [8] goes on to describe Thurston's work in more detail:-The central new idea is that a very large class of closed 3-manifolds should carry a hyperbolic structure - be the quotient of hyperbolic space by a discrete group of isometries, or equivalently, carry a metric of constant negative curvature. Although this is a natural analogue of the situation for 2-manifolds, where such a result is given by Riemann's uniformisation theorem, it is much less plausible - even counter-intuitive - in the 3-dimensional situation.Kleinian groups, which are discrete isometry groups of hyperbolic 3-space, were first studied by Poincaré and a fundamental finiteness theorem was proved by Ahlfors. Thurston's work on Kleinian groups yielded many new results and established a well known conjecture. Sullivan describes this geometrical work in [6], giving the following summary:-Thurston's results are surprising and beautiful. The method is a new level of geometrical analysis - in the sense of powerful geometrical estimation on the one hand, and spatial visualisation and imagination on the other, which are truly remarkable.Thurston's work is summarised by Wall [8]:-Thurston's work has had an enormous influence on 3-dimensional topology. This area has a strong tradition of 'bare hands' techniques and relatively little interaction with other subjects. Direct arguments remain essential, but 3-dimensional topology has now firmly rejoined the main stream of mathematics.Thurston has received many honours in addition to the Fields Medal. He held a Alfred P Sloan Foundation Fellowship in 1974-75. In 1976 his work on foliations led to his being awarded the Oswald Veblen Geometry Prize of the American Mathematical Society. In 1979 he was awarded the Alan T Waterman Award, being the second mathematician to receive such an award (the first being Fefferman in 1976).</DIV><!-- THE POST -->第2个牛人:Michael Freedman entered the University of California at Berkeley in 1968 and continued his studies at Princeton University in 1969. He was awarded a doctorate by Princeton in 1973 for his doctoral dissertation entitled Codimension-Two Surgery. His thesis supervisor was William Browder.After graduating Freedman was appointed a lecturer in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley. He held this post from 1973 until 1975 when he became a member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. In 1976 he was appointed as assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of California at San Diego.Freedman was promoted to associate professor at San Diego in 1979. He spent the year 1980/81 at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton returning to the University of California at San Diego where he was promoted to professor on 1982. He holds this post in addition to the Charles Lee Powell Chair of Mathematics which he was appointed to in 1985.Freedman was awarded a Fields Medal in 1986 for his work on the Poincaré conjecture. The Poincaré conjecture, one of the famous problems of 20th-century mathematics, asserts that a simply connected closed 3-dimensional manifold is a 3-dimensional sphere. The higher dimensional Poincaréconjecture claims that any closed n-manifold which is homotopy equivalent to the n-sphere must be the n-sphere. When n = 3 this is equivalent to the Poincaré conjecture. Smale proved the higher dimensional Poincaré conjecture in 1961 for n at least 5. Freedman proved the conjecture for n = 4 in 1982 but the original conjecture remains open.Milnor, describing Freedman's work which led to the award of a Fields Medal at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Berkeley in 1986, said:-Michael Freedman has not only proved the Poincaré hypothesis for 4-dimensional topological manifolds, thus characterising the sphere S4, but has also given us classification theorems, easy to state and to use but difficult to prove, for much more general 4-manifolds. The simple nature of his results in the topological case must be contrasted with the extreme complications which are now known to occur in the study of differentiable and piecewise linear 4-manifolds. ... Freedman's 1982 proof of the 4-dimensional Poincaré hypothesis was an extraordinary tour de force. His methods were so sharp as to actually provide a complete classification of all compact simply connected topological 4-manifolds, yielding many previously unknown examples of such manifolds, and many previously unknown homeomorphisms between known manifolds.Freedman has received many honours for his work. He was California Scientist of the Year in 1984 and, in the same year, he was made a MacArthur Foundation Fellow and also was elected to the National Academy of Sciences. In 1985 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Science. In addition to being awarded the Fields Medal in 1986, he also received the Veblen Prize from the American Mathematical Society in that year. The citation for the Veblen Prize reads (see [3]):-After the discovery in the early 60s of a proof for the Poincaré conjecture and other properties of simply connected manifolds of dimension greater than four, one of the biggest open problems, besides the three dimensional Poincaré conjecture, was the classification of closed simply connected four manifolds. In his paper, The topology of four-dimensional manifolds, published in the Journal of Differential Geometry (1982), Freedman solved this problem, and in particular, the four-dimensional Poincaré conjecture. The major innovation was the solution of the simply connected surgery problem by proving a homotopy theoretic condition suggested by Casson for embedding a 2-handle, i.e. a thickened disc in a four manifold with boundary.Besides these results about closed simply connected four manifolds, Freedman also proved:(a) Any four manifold properly equivalent to R4 is homeomorphic to R4; a related result holds for S3 R.(b) There is a nonsmoothable closed four manifold.© The four-dimensional Hauptvermutung is false; i.e. there are four manifolds with inequivalent combinatorial triangulations.Finally, we note that the results of the above mentioned paper, together with Donaldson's work, produced the startling example of an exotic smoothing of R4.In his reply Freedman thanked his teachers (who he said included his students) and also gave some fascinating views on mathematics [3]:-My primary interest in geometry is for the light it sheds on the topology of manifolds. Here it seems important to be open to the entire spectrum of geometry, from formal to concrete. By spectrum, I mean the variety of ways in which we can think about mathematical structures. At one extreme the intuition for problems arises almost entirely from mental pictures. At the other extreme the geometric burden is shifted to symbolic and algebraic thinking. Of course this extreme is only a middle ground from the viewpoint of algebra, which is prepared to go much further in the direction of formal operations and abandon geometric intuition altogether.In the same reply Freedman also talks about the influence mathematics can have on the world and the way that mathematicians should express their ideas:-In the nineteenth century there was a movement, of which Steiner was a principal exponent, to keep geometry pure and ward off the depredations of algebra. Today I think we feel that much of the power of mathematics comes from combining insights from seemingly distant branches of the discipline. Mathematics is not so much a collection of different subjects as a way of thinking. As such, it may be applied to any branch of knowledge. I want to applaud the efforts now being made by mathematicians to publish ideas on education, energy, economics, defence, and world peace. Experience inside mathematics shows that it isn't necessary to be an old hand in an area to make a contribution. Outside mathematics the situation is less clear, but I cannot help feeling that there, too, it is a mistake to leave important issues entirely to experts.In June 1987 Freedman was presented with the National Medal of Science at the White House by President Ronald Reagan. The following year he received the Humboldt Award and, in 1994, he received the Guggenheim Fellowship Award.<DIV class=postcolor>介绍第3个牛人:Simon Donaldson's secondary school education was at Sevenoaks School in Kent which he attended from 1970 to 1975. He then entered Pembroke College, Cambridge where he studied until 1980, receiving his B.A. in 1979. One of his tutors at Cambridge described him as a very good student but certainly not the top student in his year. Apparently he would always come to his tutorials carrying a violin case.In 1980 Donaldson began postgraduate work at Worcester College, Oxford, first under Nigel Hitchen's supervision and later under Atiyah's supervision. Atiyah writes in [2]:-In 1982, when he was a second-year graduate student, Simon Donaldson proved a result that stunned the mathematical world.This result was published by Donaldson in a paper Self-dual connections and the topology of smooth 4-manifolds which appeared in the Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society in 1983. Atiyah continues his description of Donaldson's work [2]:-Together with the important work of Michael Freedman ..., Donaldson's result implied that there are "exotic" 4-spaces, i.e. 4-dimensional differentiable manifolds which are topologically but not differentiably equivalent to the standard Euclidean 4-space R4. What makes this result so surprising is that n = 4 is the only value for which such exotic n-spaces exist. These exotic 4-spaces have the remarkable property that (unlike R4) they contain compact sets which cannot be contained inside any differentiably embedded 3-sphere !After being awarded his doctorate from Oxford in 1983, Donaldson was appointed a Junior Research Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford. He spent the academic year 1983-84 at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, After returning to Oxford he was appointed Wallis Professor of Mathematics in 1985, a position he continues to hold.Donaldson has received many honours for his work. He received the Junior Whitehead Prize from the London Mathematical Society in 1985. In the following year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and, also in 1986, he received a Fields Medal at the International Congress at Berkeley. In 1991 Donaldson received the Sir William Hopkins Prize from the Cambridge Philosophical Society. Then, the following year, he received the Royal Medal from the Royal Society. He also received the Crafoord Prize from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1994:-... for his fundamental investigations in four-dimensional geometry through application of instantons, in particular his discovery of new differential invariants ...Atiyah describes the contribution which led to Donaldson's award of a Fields Medal in [2]. He sums up Donaldson's contribution:-When Donaldson produced his first few results on 4-manifolds, the ideas were so new and foreign to geometers and topologists that they merely gazed in bewildered admiration.Slowly the message has gotten across and now Donaldson's ideas are beginning to be used by others in a variety of ways. ... Donaldson has opened up an entirely new area; unexpected and mysterious phenomena about the geometry of 4-dimensions have been discovered. Moreover the methods are new and extremely subtle, using difficult nonlinear partial differential equations. On the other hand, this theory is firmly in the mainstream of mathematics, having intimate links with the past, incorporating ideas from theoretical physics, and tying in beautifully with algebraic geometry.The article [3] is very interesting and provides both a collection of reminiscences by Donaldson on how he came to make his major discoveries while a graduate student at Oxford and also a survey of areas which he has worked on in recent years. Donaldson writes in [3] that nearly all his work has all come under the headings:-(1) Differential geometry of holomorphic vector bundles.(2) Applications of gauge theory to 4-manifold topology.and he relates his contribution to that of many others in the field.Donaldson's work in summed up by R Stern in [6]:-In 1982 Simon Donaldson began a rich geometrical journey that is leading us to an exciting conclusion to this century. He has created an entirely new and exciting area of research through which much of mathematics passes and which continues to yield mysterious and unexpected phenomena about the topology and geometry of smooth 4-manifolds</DIV><DIV class=postcolor>下面continue介绍第4个牛人:Robion Kirby。
小学上册英语第1单元期末试卷考试时间:90分钟(总分:140)B卷一、综合题(共计100题共100分)1. 听力题:The Earth's lithosphere is divided into tectonic ______.2. 选择题:What is the capital of Bangladesh?A. DhakaB. ChittagongC. KhulnaD. Rajshahi3. 听力题:My friend is very ________.4. 听力题:A ______ is a tool used to observe chemical reactions.5. 听力题:The baby is ________ in the crib.6. 填空题:A sunflower turns towards the _____.7. 听力题:The ______ helps kids learn to read.8. 听力题:The _____ (clock) shows the time.9. 选择题:How many legs does a dog have?A. TwoB. FourC. Six答案: B10. 听力题:The stars are out at ___. (night)11. 听力题:Tsunamis are caused by underwater ______ or volcanic eruptions.12. 填空题:I like eating ______ (苹果) because they are crunchy and ______ (健康).13. 选择题:What do we call a large body of salt water?A. RiverB. LakeC. OceanD. Pond答案:C14. 填空题:Planting flowers in clusters can create a stunning visual ______ in your garden. (成簇种植花卉可以在花园中创造出惊艳的视觉效果。
(0,2) 插值||(0,2) interpolation0#||zero-sharp; 读作零井或零开。
0+||zero-dagger; 读作零正。
1-因子||1-factor3-流形||3-manifold; 又称“三维流形”。
AIC准则||AIC criterion, Akaike information criterionAp 权||Ap-weightA稳定性||A-stability, absolute stabilityA最优设计||A-optimal designBCH 码||BCH code, Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem codeBIC准则||BIC criterion, Bayesian modification of the AICBMOA函数||analytic function of bounded mean oscillation; 全称“有界平均振动解析函数”。
BMO鞅||BMO martingaleBSD猜想||Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture; 全称“伯奇与斯温纳顿-戴尔猜想”。
B样条||B-splineC*代数||C*-algebra; 读作“C星代数”。
C0 类函数||function of class C0; 又称“连续函数类”。
CA T准则||CAT criterion, criterion for autoregressiveCM域||CM fieldCN 群||CN-groupCW 复形的同调||homology of CW complexCW复形||CW complexCW复形的同伦群||homotopy group of CW complexesCW剖分||CW decompositionCn 类函数||function of class Cn; 又称“n次连续可微函数类”。
Cp统计量||Cp-statisticC。
托福阅读TPO25(试题+答案+译文)第1篇:ThesurfaceofMarsTPO是我们常用的托福模考工具,对我们的备考很有价值,下面我给大家带来托福阅读TPO25(试题+答案+译文)第1篇:The surface of Mars。
托福阅读原文【1】The surface of Mars shows a wide range of geologic features, including huge volcanoes-the largest known in the solar system-and extensive impact cratering. Three very large volcanoes are found on the Tharsis bulge, an enormous geologic area near Mars’s equator. Northwest of Tharsis is the largest volcano of all: Olympus Mons, with a height of 25 kilometers and measuring some 700 kilometers in diameter at its base. The three large volcanoes on the Tharsis bulge are a little smaller-a “mere”18 kilometers high.【2】None of these volcanoes was formed as a result of collisions between plates of the Martian crust-there is no plate motion on Mars. Instead, they are shield volcanoes — volcanoes with broad, sloping slides formed by molten rock. All four show distinctive lava channels and other flow features similar to those found on shield volcanoes on Earth. Images of the Martian surface reveal many hundreds of volcanoes. Most of the largest volcanoes are associated with the Tharsis bulge, but many smaller ones are found in the northern plains.【3】The great height of Martian volcanoes is a direct consequence of the planet’s low surface gravity. As lava flows and spreads to form a shield volcano, the volcano’s eventual height depends on the new mountain’s ability to support its own weight. The lower the gravity, the lesser the weight and the greater the height of the mountain. It is no accident that Maxwell Mons on Venus and the Hawaiian shield volcanoes on Earth rise to about the same height (about 10 kilometers) above their respective bases-Earth and Venus have similar surface gravity. Mars’s surface gravity is only 40 percent that of Earth, so volcanoes rise roughly 2.5 times as high. Are the Martian shield volcanoes still active? Scientists have no direct evidence for recent or ongoing eruptions, but if these volcanoes were active as recently as 100 million years ago (an estimate of the time of last eruption based on the extent of impact cratering on their slopes), some of them may still be at least intermittently active. Millions of years, though, may pass between eruptions.【4】Another prominent feature of Mars’s surface is cratering. The Mariner spacecraft found that the surface of Mars, as well as that of its two moons, is pitted with impact craters formed by meteoroids falling in from space. As on our Moon, the smaller craters are often filled with surface matter-mostly dust-confirming that Mars is a dry desert world. However, Martian craters get filled in considerably faster than their lunar counterparts. On the Moon, ancient craters less than 100 meters across (corresponding to depths of about 20 meters) have been obliterated, primarily by meteoritic erosion. On Mars, there are relatively few craters less than 5 kilometers in diameter. The Martian atmosphere is an efficient erosive agent, with Martian winds transporting dust from place to place and erasing surface features much faster than meteoritic impacts alone can obliterate them.【5】As on the Moon, the extent of large impact cratering (i.e. craters too big to have been filled in by erosion since they were formed) serves as an age indicator forthe Martian surface. Age estimates ranging from four billion years for Mars’s southern highlands to a few hundred million years in the youngest volcanic areas were obtained in this way.【6】The detailed appearance of Martian impact craters provides an important piece of information about conditions just below the planet’s surface. Martian craters are surrounded by ejecta (debris formed as a result of an impact) that looks quite different from its lunar counterparts. A comparison of the Copernicus crater on the Moon with the (fairly typical) crater Yuty on Mars demonstrates the differences. The ejecta surrounding the lunar crater is just what one would expect from an explosion ejecting a large volume of dust, soil, and boulders. However, the ejecta on Mars gives the distinct impression of a liquid that has splashed or flowed out of crater. Geologists think that this fluidized ejecta crater indicates that a layer of permafrost, or water ice, lies just a few meters under the surface. Explosive impacts heated and liquefied the ice, resulting in the fluid appearance of the ejecta.托福阅读试题1.The word “enormous”(paragraph 1)in the passage is closest in meaning toA.importantB.extremely largeC.highly unusualD.active2.According to paragraph 1, Olympus Mons differs from volcanoes on the Tharsis bulge in that Olympus MonsA.has more complex geologic featuresB.shows less impact crateringC.is tallerD.was formed at a later time3.The word “distinctive”(paragraph 1)in the passage is closest in meaning toA.deep.plex.C.characteristic.D.ancient.4.According to paragraphs 1 and 2, which of the following is NOT true of the shield volcanoes on the Tharsis bulge?A.They have broad, sloping sides.B.They are smaller than the largest volcano on Mars.C.They have channels that resemble the lava channels of volcanoes on Earth.D.They are over 25 kilometers tall.5.The word “roughly” in the passage is closest in meaning toA.typically.B.frequently.C.actually.D.approximately.6.In paragraph 3, why does the author compare Maxwell Mons on Venus to the Hawaiian shield volcanoes on Earth?A.To help explain the relationship between surface gravity and volcano height.B.To explain why Mars’s surface gravity is only 40 percent of Earth’s.C.To point out differences between the surface gravity of Earth and the surface gravity of Venus.D.To argue that there are more similarities than differences between volcanoes on different planets.7.Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaningin important ways or leave out essential information.A.Although direct evidence of recent eruptions is lacking, scientists believe that these volcanoes were active as recently as 100 million years ago.B.Scientists estimate that volcanoes active more recently than 100 years ago will still have extensive impact cratering on their slopes.C.If, as some evidence suggests, these volcanoes erupted as recently as 100 million years ago, they may continue to be intermittently active.D.Although these volcanoes were active as recently as 100 million years ago, there is no direct evidence of recent or ongoing eruptions.8.The word “considerably”(paragraph 3)in the passage is closest in meaning toA.frequently.B.significantly.C.clearly.D.surprisingly.9.According to paragraph 4, what is demonstrated by the fact that cratersfill in much faster on Mars than on the Moon?A.Erosion from meteoritic impacts takes place more quickly on Mars than on the Moon.B.There is more dust on Mars than on the Moon.C.The surface of Mars is a dry desert.D.Wind is a powerful eroding force on Mars.10.In paragraph 4, why does the author point out that Mars has few ancient craters that are less than 5 kilometers in diameter?A.To explain why scientists believe that the surface matter filling Martian craters is mostly dust.B.To explain why scientists believe that the impact craters on Mars were created by meteoroids.C.To support the claim that the Martian atmosphere is an efficient erosive agent.D.To argue that Mars experienced fewer ancient impacts than the Moon did.11.According to paragraph 5, what have scientists been able to determinefrom studies of large impact cratering on Mars?A.Some Martian volcanoes are much older than was once thought.B.The age of Mars’s surface can vary from area to area.rge impact craters are not reliable indicators of age in areas with high volcanic activity.D.Some areas of the Martian surface appear to be older than they actually are.12.According to paragraph 6, the ejecta of Mars’s crater Yuty differs fromthe ejecta of the Moon’s Copernicus crater in that the ejecta of the Yuty craterA.Has now become part of a permafrost layer.B.Contains a large volume of dust, soil and boulders.C.Suggests that liquid once came out of the surface at the crater site.D.Was thrown a comparatively long distance from the center of the crater.13. Look at the four squares【■】that indicate where the following sentence could be added to the passage.Where would the sentence best fit? Click on a square to add the sentence to the passage. This surface feature has led to speculation about what may lie under Mars’s surface.The detailed appearance of Martian impact craters provides an important pieceof information about conditions just below the planet’s surface. Martian craters are surrounded by ejecta (debris formed as a result of an impact) that looks quite different from its lunar counterparts. A comparison of the Copernicus crater on the Moon with the (fairly typical) crater Yuty on Mars demonstrates the differences. The ejecta surrounding the lunar crater is just what one would expect from an explosion ejecting a large volume of dust, soil, and boulders. ■【A】However, the ejecta on Mars gives the distinct impression of a liquid that has splashed or flowed out of crater. ■【B】Geologists think that this fluidized ejecta crater indicates that a layer of permafrost,or water ice, lies just a few meters under the surface. ■【C】Explosive impacts heated and liquefied the ice, resulting in the fluid appearance of the ejecta. ■【D】14. Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some sentences do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points.Drag your answer choices to the spaces where they belong. To remove an answer choice, click on it. To review the passage, click VIEW NEXT.Volcanoes and impact craters are major features of Martiangeology.A.Plate motion on Mars, once considered to have played no role in shaping the planet’s surface, is now seen as being directly associated with the planet’s earliest volcanoes.B.Mars has shield volcanoes, some of which are extremely tall because of the planet’s low surface gravity.C.Although the erosive power of the Martian atmosphere ensures that Mars has fewer craters than the Moon does, impact craters are prominent on Mars’ s surface.D.Scientists cannot yet reliably estimate the age of the Martian surface because there has been too much erosion of it.E.Scientists have been surprised to discover that conditions just below the surface of Mars are very similar to conditions just below the surface of the MoonF.Studies of crater ejecta have revealed the possibility of a layer of permafrost below the surface of Mars.托福〔阅读答案〕1.enormous 巨大的,所以正确答案是B,extremely large。
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a r X i v :m a t h /0601441v 1 [m a t h .A T ] 18 J a n 2006ODD-PRIMARY HOMOTOPY EXPONENTS OF COMPACTSIMPLE LIE GROUPSDONALD M.DAVIS AND STEPHEN D.THERIAULTAbstract.We note that a recent result of the second author yields upper bounds for odd-primary homotopy exponents of com-pact simple Lie groups which are often quite close to the lower bounds obtained from v 1-periodic homotopy theory.1.Statement of resultsThe homotopy p -exponent of a topological space X ,denoted exp p (X ),is the largest e such that some homotopy group πi (X )contains a Z /p e -summand.1In work dat-ing back to 1989,the first author and collaborators have obtained lower bounds for exp p (X )for all compact simple Lie groups X and all primes p by using v 1-periodic homotopy theory.Recently,the second author ([11])proved a general result,stated here as Lemma 2.1,which can yield upper bounds for homotopy exponents of spaces which map to a sphere.In this paper,we show that these two bounds often lead to a quite narrow range of values for exp p (X )when p is odd and X is a compact simple Lie group.Our first new result,which will be proved in Section 2,combines Lemma 2.1with a classical result of Borel-Hirzebruch.Theorem 1.1.Let p be odd.a.If n <p 2+p ,then exp p (SU (n ))≤n −1+νp ((n −1)!).b.If n ≥p 2+1,then exp p (SU (n ))≤n +p −3+⌊n −2Date :January 17,2006.Key words and phrases.Homotopy group,Lie group.2000Mathematics Subject Classification :57T20,55Q52.1Some authors (e.g.[11])say that p e is the homotopy p -exponent.12DONALD M.DAVIS AND STEPHEN D.THERIAULTuseful to note the elementary fact that⌋+···,νp(m!)=⌊mp2and the well-known fact thatνp(m!)≤⌊m−1⌋!).pb.([8,1.8])If p is odd,1≤t<p,and tp−t+2≤n≤tp+1,then exp p(SU(n))≥n. Thus we have the following corollary,which gives the only values of n>p in which the precise value of exp p(SU(n))is known.Corollary1.3.If p is an odd prime,and n=p+1or n=2p,then exp p(SU(n))=n. When n=p+1,this was known(although perhaps never published)since,localized at p,SU(p+1)≃B(3,2p+1)×S5×···×S2p−1,the exponent of which follows from Proposition1.4together with the result of Cohen,Moore,and Neisendorfer([5])that if p is odd,then exp p(S2n+1)=n.Here and throughout,B(2n+1,2n+1+q)denotes an S2n+1-bundle over S2n+1+q with attaching mapα1a generator ofπ2n+q(S2n+1),and q=2p−2.Note also that the result of[5]implies that if n≤p,then exp p(SU(n))= exp p(S3×···×S2n−1)=n−1.Proposition1.4.If p is odd,then exp p(B(3,2p+1))=p+1,while if n>1,then n+p−1≤exp p(B(2n+1,2n+1+q))≤n+p.Proof.This just combines[3,1.3]for the lower bound and[11,2.1]for the upper bound.ODD-PRIMARY EXPONENTS OF LIE GROUPS3 Corollary1.8.Let p be odd.(1)exp p(Spin(2n+2))=exp p(Spin(2n+1))=exp p(Sp(n))≤exp p(SU(2n)),which is bounded according to Theorem1.1.(2)exp p(Sp(n))≥2n−1+νp(⌊2nFor all(X,p)with X an exceptional Lie group and p an odd prime,except(E7,3) and(E8,3),we can make an excellent comparison of bounds for exp p(X)using results in the literature.We use splittings of the torsion-free cases tabulated in[3,1.1],but known much earlier.([10])In Table1,we list the range of possible values of exp p(X) when the precise value is not known.We also list the factor in the product decom-position which accounts for the exponent.Finally,in cases in which the exponent bounds do not follow from results already discussed,we provide references.Here B(n1,...,n r)denotes a space built fromfibrations involving p-local spheres of the indicated dimensions and equivalent to a factor in a p-localizaton of a special unitary group or quotient of same.Also,B2(3,11)denotes a sphere-bundle with attaching mapα2,and W denotes a space constructed by Wilkerson and shown in[12,1.1]to4DONALD M.DAVIS AND STEPHEN D.THERIAULTfit into afibrationΩK5→B(27,35)→W.Finally,K3and K5denotes Harper’s space as described in[1]and[11].Theorem1.10.The homotopy p-exponents of exceptional Lie groups are as in Table 1.Table1.Homotopy exponents of exceptional Lie groupsX pG236B(3,11)G2>5F4,E6311,12B(23−q,23)F4,E61111S2318,19,20B(3,11,19,27,35)factor of SU(18) E7717,18B(35−q,35)E71717S3530,31W[6,1.1],[12,1.2] E8729,30B(59−q,59)E82929S592.Proof of Theorem1.1In[11,Lemma2.2],the second author proved the following result.Lemma2.1.([11,2.2,2.3])Suppose there is a homotopyfibrationF→E q−→S2n+1where E is simply-connected or an H-space and|coker(π2n+1(E)q∗−→π2n+1(S2n+1))|≤p r.Then exp p(E)≤r+max(exp p(F),n).ODD-PRIMARY EXPONENTS OF LIE GROUPS5In[11,2.2],it was required that E be an H-space,but[11,2.3]noted that if E is not an H-space,the desired conclusion can be obtained by applying the loop-space functor to thefibration.We require E to be simply-connected so that we do not loop away a large fundamental group.We now use this lemma to prove Theorem1.1.Proof of Theorem1.1.The proof is by induction on n.Let the odd prime p be im-plicit,and let SU′(n)denote the factor in the p-local product decomposition([10])of SU(n)which is built from spheres of dimension congruent to2n−1mod q.By the induction hypothesis,the exponents of the other factors are≤the asserted amount. We will apply Lemma2.1to thefibrationSU′(n−p+1)→SU′(n)q−→S2n−1.In order to determine|coker(π2n−1(SU′(n))q∗−→π2n−1(S2n−1))|,we use the classical result of Borel and Hirzebruch([4,26.7])thatπ2n−2(SU(n−1))≈Z/(n−1)!.When localized at p,it is clear that its p-component Z/pνp((n−1)!)must come from the SU′(n−p+1)-factor in the product decomposition of SU(n−1),sinceπ2n−2(SU(n−1)) is built from the classesαi∈π2n−2(S2n−1−iq)(p).Thusπ2n−2(SU′(n−p+1))≈Z/pνp((n−1)!),and the exact sequenceπ2n−1(SU′(n))q∗−→π2n−1(S2n−1)→π2n−2(SU′(n−p+1))impliesνp(|coker(q∗)|)≤νp((n−1)!).(2.2)(a.)By the induction hypothesis,exp p(SU′(n−p+1))≤n−p+νp((n−p)!).By hypothesis,n−p<p2and henceνp((n−p)!)≤p−1.Thus exp p(SU′(n−p+1))≤n−1, and so by2.1and(2.2)exp p(SU′(n))≤νp(|coker(q∗)|)+n−1≤νp((n−1)!)+n−1,as claimed.(b.)By(a),part(b)is true if p2+1≤n≤p2+p−1.Let n≥p2+p,and assume the theorem is true for SU′(n−p+1).Then by Lemma2.1and the induction6DONALD M.DAVIS AND STEPHEN D.THERIAULT hypothesisexp p(SU′(n))≤ν((n−1)!)+n−p+1+p−3+ ⌊n−p−1⌋,we obtainp−1exp p(SU′(n)≤ n−2p−1⌋−p+12= n−2p−1⌋−p+22 − ⌊n−2⌋−p+2p−12 ,as desired.ODD-PRIMARY EXPONENTS OF LIE GROUPS7 and thenexp7(B(23,35,47,59))≤3+max(25,29)=32.,The unstable Novikov spectral sequence for Sp(n),and the power series sinh−1(x),London Math Soc Lecture Notes176(1992)73-86.[3]M.Bendersky,D.M.Davis,and M.Mimura,v1-periodic homotopy groups ofexceptional Lie groups:torsion-free cases,Trans Amer Math Soc333(1992)115-135.[4]A.Borel and F.Hirzebruch,Characteristic classes and homogeneous spaces,II,American Jour Math81(1959)313-382.[5]F.R.Cohen,J.C.Moore,and J.A.Neisendorfer,The double suspensionand exponents of the homotopy groups of spheres,Annals of Math110(1979)549-565.[6]D.M.Davis,From representation theory to homotopy groups,Mem Amer MathSoc759(2002).[7]D.M.Davis and Z.W.Sun,A number-theoretic approach to homotopy expo-nents of SU(n),submitted,2005.[8]D.M.Davis and H.Yang,Tractable formulas for v1-periodic homotopy groupsof SU(n)when n≤p2−p+1,Forum Math8(1996)585-619.[9]B.Harris,On the homotopy groups of the classical groups,Annals of Math74(1961)407-413.[10]M.Mimura,G.Nishida,and H.Toda,Mod p decomposition of compact Liegroups,Publ RIMS Kyoto Univ13(1977)627-680.[11]S.D.Theriault,Homotopy exponents of Harper’s spaces,Jour Math KyotoUniv(2003).[12]S.D.Theriault,The5-primary homotopy exponent of the exceptional Lie groupE8,Jour Math Kyoto Univ44(2004)569-593.Department of Mathematics,Lehigh University,Bethlehem,PA18015,USAE-mail address:dmd1@Department of Mathematical Sciences,University of Aberdeen,Aberdeen AB24 3UE,United KingdomE-mail address:s.theriault@。
自测题III. Decide whether the following statements are true or false and write T or F in the brackets: (20%)( )1. Homonyms come mainly from borrowing, changes in sound and spelling, and dialects.( )2. “Radiation” shows that the derived meanings of a polysemic word are not directly related to the primary meaning.( )3. Borrowing is a very important source of synonyms.( )4. A word which has a synonym naturally has an antonym.( )5. The super ordinate differs from the subordinate in that the former covers the concept of the latter.( )6. Extra-linguistic context refers to the physical situation or cultural background.( )7. The way to differentiate homonyms from polysemants is mainly to see their origins as well as the relationship between their meanings.( )8. Unclear context is often the cause of ambiguity.( )9. Hyponymy deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion.( )10. In some pairs of antonyms, one term may cover the meaning of the other.( )11. Lexical context refers to the words that appear before the word in question.( )12. Idioms are phrases or short sentences whose meanings can be understood from the individual words.( )13. We classify idioms on a grammatical basis so that noun phrases will be put together and so will adjective phrases.( )14. A variation of an idiom is to use a different phrase instead of it.( )15. Context is important because without it, it would be difficult or impossible to tell the meaning of a polysemant.( )16. Monolingual dictionaries are good for advanced learners and bilingual ones are appropriate for advanced learners.( )17. Contradictory terms do not show degress.( )18. Stylistically speaking, most idioms are neither formal not informal.( )19. Semantic unity and structural stability are general features of idioms, but there are many exceptions.( )20. An unabridged dictionary contains at least 150,000 headwords.II. Group the following antonyms into three classes, namely contradictory terms, contrary terms and relative terms: (12%)hot— cold parent— child give— takeman— woman open— close male— femalebuy— sell above— below present— absentIII. Relative synonyms are similar only in some respects but different in others. Explain the differences between them with examples. (20%)IV. Give a term according to each of the definitions. (10%)1. Part of a piece of writing or speech which surrounds a word and helps to explain its meaning. ( )2. Guessing word-meaning according context. ( )3. Idioms which are complete sentences including proverbs and sayings. ( )4. The dictionaries which are compiled in two languages. ( )5. Sense relation that deals with the relationship of semantic inclusion. ( )6. A set of words which are semantically associated with one another. ( )7. Words that are identical in spelling but different in pronunciation and meaning. ( )8. The process in which a word that was pejorative in the past has now become appreciative. ( )9. The process that a word goes through by changing from specialized meaning to a more general meaning. ( )10. A word which is opposite in meaning. ( )V. Study the following sentences and explain the contextual clued which help you guess the meaning of the italicized words, for example, “definition”, “example”, “synonym”, and so on and put your answers in the brackets. (20%)1. Unlike her gregarious sister, Janet is unsociable as the refuses to go to parties. ( )2. Refugees crossed the border to escape the carnage in their homeland. Many of them still remembered the horrible slaughter not long ago. ( )3. I like fruit, but not avocado, which is too soft. ( )4. Carnivores are very dangerous. A tiger, for example, escaped from the zoo last month and killeda dog in the street and ate it. ( )5. Most of his works were published posthumously, for he was hardly known by anyone before his death. ( )VI. The italic ized part of each sentence is ambiguous. Improve the sentence so that each will have a single meaning. (10%)1. There is large audience present, including many old men and beautiful women.2. The steward greeted the girl with a smile.3. The shooting of the hunters occurred at dawn.4. Is Helen engaged?5. Margaret cannot bear children.VII. Match the terms in Column A with the words in Column B. (8%)A Bextension sillygeneralnarrowing ministermeatelevation manuscriptGovernordegradation accidentvillainVIII. Explain the characteristics of English idioms with examples.答案I.1.F 2.F 3.T 4.F 5.T 6.T 7.T 8.T 9.T 10.T 11.F 12.F 13.F 14.F 15.T 16.F 17.T 18.T 19.T 20.FII. Contradictory terms:male-female, present-absent, man-womancontrary terms:open-close, ho-coldRelative terms:Buy-sell, give-take, parent-child, right-left, above-belowIII.1.Difference in:1) Synonyms may differ in degree of intensity. For example, small, tiny, microscopic are synonyms, but they each denote a different degree of smallness. Tiny is smaller than small, and microscopic is the smallest of all.2) Synonyms may differ in the range of meaning. Some words have a wider range of meaning than others. Take walk and stroll for example. Stroll is walk in a leisurely way. Walk is more general than stroll and cover the meaning of it2. Difference in connotation:1) Synonyms differ in their stylistic appropriateness. For example the words borrowed from French and Latin are generally more formal than native words. In the following pairs of words, the first is native and not stylistically specific whereas the second term is borrowed from French or Latin and is more formal: answer/respond, wood/forest, homely/domestic, etc.2) Synonyms differ in emotive col ouring. Famous and notorious both mean “well-known”, but the former is appreciative and the latter is pejorative. Similarly, a lady wants to be slender, but not skinny because skinny has a negative connotation.3) Difference in usage:Many words are synonymous in meaning but different in usage. They form different collocations and fit into different sentence patterns. For example, allow and let are synonyms, but we allow sb to do sth and let sb do sth. V acant and empty are synonymous, but we say vacant chair, but not empty chair, whereas we say empty box, but not vacant box.IV. 1. lexical context 2. inference of meaning3. sentence idioms4. bilingual dictionaries5. hyponymy6. semantic field7. homograph 8. elevation9. extension/generalization 10.antonymV 1. antonym 2. synonym 3. hyponym 4. example 5. relevan detailsVI. 1. many old men and many beautiful women (or) many old men and old beautiful women2. With a smile, the steward greeted the girl. (or)The steward greeted the girl with a smile on her face.3. The hunters did the shooting at dawn. (or)The hunters were shot at dawn.4. Is Helen engaged? I want to see her right now. (or)Is Helen engaged? Why does she refuse to go out with any boys?5. Margaret is infertile.Margaret can’t put up with children.VII. Extension (manuscript)narrowing (general, meat, accident)elevation (minister, governor)degradation (silly, villain)VIII.1. Semantic unity. An idiom contains at least two words of different part of speech. But semantically each is a unity. For example, make up one’s mind functions as a verb, rain cats and dogs means “rain heavily” which has nothing to do with the individual elements th at make up the idiom and functions as verb phrase.2. Structural stability. First, the constituents cannot be replaced with synonyms, for example, kick the bucket cannot become strike the bucket or kick a bucket or kick the pail, etc. Secondly, the positions of the words cannot be changed, for example, heart and soul cannot be changed into soul and heart, nor by twos and threes into by threes and twos. Thirdly, we should not add or delete any element to an idiom, for example, out of the question (impossible) cannot be turned into out of question, which becomes a different idiom. Lastly, some idioms are grammatically unexplainable, for example, Like cures like and Diamond cut diamond are both correct. If we change the verb in either, both will be wrong. This is because idioms are structurally fixed。
离散数学中英⽂名词对照表离散数学中英⽂名词对照表外⽂中⽂AAbel category Abel 范畴Abel group (commutative group) Abel 群(交换群)Abel semigroup Abel 半群accessibility relation 可达关系action 作⽤addition principle 加法原理adequate set of connectives 联结词的功能完备(全)集adjacent 相邻(邻接)adjacent matrix 邻接矩阵adjugate 伴随adjunction 接合affine plane 仿射平⾯algebraic closed field 代数闭域algebraic element 代数元素algebraic extension 代数扩域(代数扩张)almost equivalent ⼏乎相等的alternating group 三次交代群annihilator 零化⼦antecedent 前件anti symmetry 反对称性anti-isomorphism 反同构arboricity 荫度arc set 弧集arity 元数arrangement problem 布置问题associate 相伴元associative algebra 结合代数associator 结合⼦asymmetric 不对称的(⾮对称的)atom 原⼦atomic formula 原⼦公式augmenting digeon hole principle 加强的鸽⼦笼原理augmenting path 可增路automorphism ⾃同构automorphism group of graph 图的⾃同构群auxiliary symbol 辅助符号axiom of choice 选择公理axiom of equality 相等公理axiom of extensionality 外延公式axiom of infinity ⽆穷公理axiom of pairs 配对公理axiom of regularity 正则公理axiom of replacement for the formula Ф关于公式Ф的替换公式axiom of the empty set 空集存在公理axiom of union 并集公理Bbalanced imcomplete block design 平衡不完全区组设计barber paradox 理发师悖论base 基Bell number Bell 数Bernoulli number Bernoulli 数Berry paradox Berry 悖论bijective 双射bi-mdule 双模binary relation ⼆元关系binary symmetric channel ⼆进制对称信道binomial coefficient ⼆项式系数binomial theorem ⼆项式定理binomial transform ⼆项式变换bipartite graph ⼆分图block 块block 块图(区组)block code 分组码block design 区组设计Bondy theorem Bondy 定理Boole algebra Boole 代数Boole function Boole 函数Boole homomorophism Boole 同态Boole lattice Boole 格bound occurrence 约束出现bound variable 约束变量bounded lattice 有界格bridge 桥Bruijn theorem Bruijn 定理Burali-Forti paradox Burali-Forti 悖论Burnside lemma Burnside 引理Ccage 笼canonical epimorphism 标准满态射Cantor conjecture Cantor 猜想Cantor diagonal method Cantor 对⾓线法Cantor paradox Cantor 悖论cardinal number 基数Cartesion product of graph 图的笛卡⼉积Catalan number Catalan 数category 范畴Cayley graph Cayley 图Cayley theorem Cayley 定理center 中⼼characteristic function 特征函数characteristic of ring 环的特征characteristic polynomial 特征多项式check digits 校验位Chinese postman problem 中国邮递员问题chromatic number ⾊数chromatic polynomial ⾊多项式circuit 回路circulant graph 循环图circumference 周长class 类classical completeness 古典完全的classical consistent 古典相容的clique 团clique number 团数closed term 闭项closure 闭包closure of graph 图的闭包code 码code element 码元code length 码长code rate 码率code word 码字coefficient 系数coimage 上象co-kernal 上核coloring 着⾊coloring problem 着⾊问题combination number 组合数combination with repetation 可重组合common factor 公因⼦commutative diagram 交换图commutative ring 交换环commutative seimgroup 交换半群complement 补图(⼦图的余) complement element 补元complemented lattice 有补格complete bipartite graph 完全⼆分图complete graph 完全图complete k-partite graph 完全k-分图complete lattice 完全格composite 复合composite operation 复合运算composition (molecular proposition) 复合(分⼦)命题composition of graph (lexicographic product)图的合成(字典积)concatenation (juxtaposition) 邻接运算concatenation graph 连通图congruence relation 同余关系conjunctive normal form 正则合取范式connected component 连通分⽀connective 连接的connectivity 连通度consequence 推论(后承)consistent (non-contradiction) 相容性(⽆⽭盾性)continuum 连续统contraction of graph 图的收缩contradiction ⽭盾式(永假式)contravariant functor 反变函⼦coproduct 上积corank 余秩correct error 纠正错误corresponding universal map 对应的通⽤映射countably infinite set 可列⽆限集(可列集)covariant functor (共变)函⼦covering 覆盖covering number 覆盖数Coxeter graph Coxeter 图crossing number of graph 图的叉数cuset 陪集cotree 余树cut edge 割边cut vertex 割点cycle 圈cycle basis 圈基cycle matrix 圈矩阵cycle rank 圈秩cycle space 圈空间cycle vector 圈向量cyclic group 循环群cyclic index 循环(轮转)指标cyclic monoid 循环单元半群cyclic permutation 圆圈排列cyclic semigroup 循环半群DDe Morgan law De Morgan 律decision procedure 判决过程decoding table 译码表deduction theorem 演绎定理degree 次数,次(度)degree sequence 次(度)序列derivation algebra 微分代数Descartes product Descartes 积designated truth value 特指真值detect errer 检验错误deterministic 确定的diagonal functor 对⾓线函⼦diameter 直径digraph 有向图dilemma ⼆难推理direct consequence 直接推论(直接后承)direct limit 正向极限direct sum 直和directed by inclution 被包含关系定向discrete Fourier transform 离散 Fourier 变换disjunctive normal form 正则析取范式disjunctive syllogism 选⾔三段论distance 距离distance transitive graph 距离传递图distinguished element 特异元distributive lattice 分配格divisibility 整除division subring ⼦除环divison ring 除环divisor (factor) 因⼦domain 定义域Driac condition Dirac 条件dual category 对偶范畴dual form 对偶式dual graph 对偶图dual principle 对偶原则(对偶原理) dual statement 对偶命题dummy variable 哑变量(哑变元)Eeccentricity 离⼼率edge chromatic number 边⾊数edge coloring 边着⾊edge connectivity 边连通度edge covering 边覆盖edge covering number 边覆盖数edge cut 边割集edge set 边集edge-independence number 边独⽴数eigenvalue of graph 图的特征值elementary divisor ideal 初等因⼦理想elementary product 初等积elementary sum 初等和empty graph 空图empty relation 空关系empty set 空集endomorphism ⾃同态endpoint 端点enumeration function 计数函数epimorphism 满态射equipotent 等势equivalent category 等价范畴equivalent class 等价类equivalent matrix 等价矩阵equivalent object 等价对象equivalent relation 等价关系error function 错误函数error pattern 错误模式Euclid algorithm 欧⼏⾥德算法Euclid domain 欧⽒整环Euler characteristic Euler 特征Euler function Euler 函数Euler graph Euler 图Euler number Euler 数Euler polyhedron formula Euler 多⾯体公式Euler tour Euler 闭迹Euler trail Euler 迹existential generalization 存在推⼴规则existential quantifier 存在量词existential specification 存在特指规则extended Fibonacci number ⼴义 Fibonacci 数extended Lucas number ⼴义Lucas 数extension 扩充(扩张)extension field 扩域extension graph 扩图exterior algebra 外代数Fface ⾯factor 因⼦factorable 可因⼦化的factorization 因⼦分解faithful (full) functor 忠实(完满)函⼦Ferrers graph Ferrers 图Fibonacci number Fibonacci 数field 域filter 滤⼦finite extension 有限扩域finite field (Galois field ) 有限域(Galois 域)finite dimensional associative division algebra有限维结合可除代数finite set 有限(穷)集finitely generated module 有限⽣成模first order theory with equality 带符号的⼀阶系统five-color theorem 五⾊定理five-time-repetition 五倍重复码fixed point 不动点forest 森林forgetful functor 忘却函⼦four-color theorem(conjecture) 四⾊定理(猜想)F-reduced product F-归纳积free element ⾃由元free monoid ⾃由单元半群free occurrence ⾃由出现free R-module ⾃由R-模free variable ⾃由变元free-?-algebra ⾃由?代数function scheme 映射格式GGalileo paradox Galileo 悖论Gauss coefficient Gauss 系数GBN (G?del-Bernays-von Neumann system)GBN系统generalized petersen graph ⼴义 petersen 图generating function ⽣成函数generating procedure ⽣成过程generator ⽣成⼦(⽣成元)generator matrix ⽣成矩阵genus 亏格girth (腰)围长G?del completeness theorem G?del 完全性定理golden section number 黄⾦分割数(黄⾦分割率)graceful graph 优美图graceful tree conjecture 优美树猜想graph 图graph of first class for edge coloring 第⼀类边⾊图graph of second class for edge coloring 第⼆类边⾊图graph rank 图秩graph sequence 图序列greatest common factor 最⼤公因⼦greatest element 最⼤元(素)Grelling paradox Grelling 悖论Gr?tzsch graph Gr?tzsch 图group 群group code 群码group of graph 图的群HHajós conjecture Hajós 猜想Hamilton cycle Hamilton 圈Hamilton graph Hamilton 图Hamilton path Hamilton 路Harary graph Harary 图Hasse graph Hasse 图Heawood graph Heawood 图Herschel graph Herschel 图hom functor hom 函⼦homemorphism 图的同胚homomorphism 同态(同态映射)homomorphism of graph 图的同态hyperoctahedron 超⼋⾯体图hypothelical syllogism 假⾔三段论hypothese (premise) 假设(前提)Iideal 理想identity 单位元identity natural transformation 恒等⾃然变换imbedding 嵌⼊immediate predcessor 直接先⾏immediate successor 直接后继incident 关联incident axiom 关联公理incident matrix 关联矩阵inclusion and exclusion principle 包含与排斥原理inclusion relation 包含关系indegree ⼊次(⼊度)independent 独⽴的independent number 独⽴数independent set 独⽴集independent transcendental element 独⽴超越元素index 指数individual variable 个体变元induced subgraph 导出⼦图infinite extension ⽆限扩域infinite group ⽆限群infinite set ⽆限(穷)集initial endpoint 始端initial object 初始对象injection 单射injection functor 单射函⼦injective (one to one mapping) 单射(内射)inner face 内⾯inner neighbour set 内(⼊)邻集integral domain 整环integral subdomain ⼦整环internal direct sum 内直和intersection 交集intersection of graph 图的交intersection operation 交运算interval 区间invariant factor 不变因⼦invariant factor ideal 不变因⼦理想inverse limit 逆向极限inverse morphism 逆态射inverse natural transformation 逆⾃然变换inverse operation 逆运算inverse relation 逆关系inversion 反演isomorphic category 同构范畴isomorphism 同构态射isomorphism of graph 图的同构join of graph 图的联JJordan algebra Jordan 代数Jordan product (anti-commutator) Jordan乘积(反交换⼦)Jordan sieve formula Jordan 筛法公式j-skew j-斜元juxtaposition 邻接乘法Kk-chromatic graph k-⾊图k-connected graph k-连通图k-critical graph k-⾊临界图k-edge chromatic graph k-边⾊图k-edge-connected graph k-边连通图k-edge-critical graph k-边临界图kernel 核Kirkman schoolgirl problem Kirkman ⼥⽣问题Kuratowski theorem Kuratowski 定理Llabeled graph 有标号图Lah number Lah 数Latin rectangle Latin 矩形Latin square Latin ⽅lattice 格lattice homomorphism 格同态law 规律leader cuset 陪集头least element 最⼩元least upper bound 上确界(最⼩上界)left (right) identity 左(右)单位元left (right) invertible element 左(右)可逆元left (right) module 左(右)模left (right) zero 左(右)零元left (right) zero divisor 左(右)零因⼦left adjoint functor 左伴随函⼦left cancellable 左可消的left coset 左陪集length 长度Lie algebra Lie 代数line- group 图的线群logically equivanlent 逻辑等价logically implies 逻辑蕴涵logically valid 逻辑有效的(普效的)loop 环Lucas number Lucas 数Mmagic 幻⽅many valued proposition logic 多值命题逻辑matching 匹配mathematical structure 数学结构matrix representation 矩阵表⽰maximal element 极⼤元maximal ideal 极⼤理想maximal outerplanar graph 极⼤外平⾯图maximal planar graph 极⼤平⾯图maximum matching 最⼤匹配maxterm 极⼤项(基本析取式)maxterm normal form(conjunctive normal form) 极⼤项范式(合取范式)McGee graph McGee 图meet 交Menger theorem Menger 定理Meredith graph Meredith 图message word 信息字mini term 极⼩项minimal κ-connected graph 极⼩κ-连通图minimal polynomial 极⼩多项式Minimanoff paradox Minimanoff 悖论minimum distance 最⼩距离Minkowski sum Minkowski 和minterm (fundamental conjunctive form) 极⼩项(基本合取式)minterm normal form(disjunctive normal form)极⼩项范式(析取范式)M?bius function M?bius 函数M?bius ladder M?bius 梯M?bius transform (inversion) M?bius 变换(反演)modal logic 模态逻辑model 模型module homomorphism 模同态(R-同态)modus ponens 分离规则modus tollens 否定后件式module isomorphism 模同构monic morphism 单同态monoid 单元半群monomorphism 单态射morphism (arrow) 态射(箭)M?bius function M?bius 函数M?bius ladder M?bius 梯M?bius transform (inversion) M?bius 变换(反演)multigraph 多重图multinomial coefficient 多项式系数multinomial expansion theorem 多项式展开定理multiple-error-correcting code 纠多错码multiplication principle 乘法原理mutually orthogonal Latin square 相互正交拉丁⽅Nn-ary operation n-元运算n-ary product n-元积natural deduction system ⾃然推理系统natural isomorphism ⾃然同构natural transformation ⾃然变换neighbour set 邻集next state 下⼀个状态next state transition function 状态转移函数non-associative algebra ⾮结合代数non-standard logic ⾮标准逻辑Norlund formula Norlund 公式normal form 正规形normal model 标准模型normal subgroup (invariant subgroup) 正规⼦群(不变⼦群)n-relation n-元关系null object 零对象nullary operation 零元运算Oobject 对象orbit 轨道order 阶order ideal 阶理想Ore condition Ore 条件orientation 定向orthogonal Latin square 正交拉丁⽅orthogonal layout 正交表outarc 出弧outdegree 出次(出度)outer face 外⾯outer neighbour 外(出)邻集outerneighbour set 出(外)邻集outerplanar graph 外平⾯图Ppancycle graph 泛圈图parallelism 平⾏parallelism class 平⾏类parity-check code 奇偶校验码parity-check equation 奇偶校验⽅程parity-check machine 奇偶校验器parity-check matrix 奇偶校验矩阵partial function 偏函数partial ordering (partial relation) 偏序关系partial order relation 偏序关系partial order set (poset) 偏序集partition 划分,分划,分拆partition number of integer 整数的分拆数partition number of set 集合的划分数Pascal formula Pascal 公式path 路perfect code 完全码perfect t-error-correcting code 完全纠-错码perfect graph 完美图permutation 排列(置换)permutation group 置换群permutation with repetation 可重排列Petersen graph Petersen 图p-graph p-图Pierce arrow Pierce 箭pigeonhole principle 鸽⼦笼原理planar graph (可)平⾯图plane graph 平⾯图Pólya theorem Pólya 定理polynomail 多项式polynomial code 多项式码polynomial representation 多项式表⽰法polynomial ring 多项式环possible world 可能世界power functor 幂函⼦power of graph 图的幂power set 幂集predicate 谓词prenex normal form 前束范式pre-ordered set 拟序集primary cycle module 准素循环模prime field 素域prime to each other 互素primitive connective 初始联结词primitive element 本原元primitive polynomial 本原多项式principal ideal 主理想principal ideal domain 主理想整环principal of duality 对偶原理principal of redundancy 冗余性原则product 积product category 积范畴product-sum form 积和式proof (deduction) 证明(演绎)proper coloring 正常着⾊proper factor 真正因⼦proper filter 真滤⼦proper subgroup 真⼦群properly inclusive relation 真包含关系proposition 命题propositional constant 命题常量propositional formula(well-formed formula,wff)命题形式(合式公式)propositional function 命题函数propositional variable 命题变量pullback 拉回(回拖) pushout 推出Qquantification theory 量词理论quantifier 量词quasi order relation 拟序关系quaternion 四元数quotient (difference) algebra 商(差)代数quotient algebra 商代数quotient field (field of fraction) 商域(分式域)quotient group 商群quotient module 商模quotient ring (difference ring , residue ring) 商环(差环,同余类环)quotient set 商集RRamsey graph Ramsey 图Ramsey number Ramsey 数Ramsey theorem Ramsey 定理range 值域rank 秩reconstruction conjecture 重构猜想redundant digits 冗余位reflexive ⾃反的regular graph 正则图regular representation 正则表⽰relation matrix 关系矩阵replacement theorem 替换定理representation 表⽰representation functor 可表⽰函⼦restricted proposition form 受限命题形式restriction 限制retraction 收缩Richard paradox Richard 悖论right adjoint functor 右伴随函⼦right cancellable 右可消的right factor 右因⼦right zero divison 右零因⼦ring 环ring of endomorphism ⾃同态环ring with unity element 有单元的环R-linear independence R-线性⽆关root field 根域rule of inference 推理规则Russell paradox Russell 悖论Ssatisfiable 可满⾜的saturated 饱和的scope 辖域section 截⼝self-complement graph ⾃补图semantical completeness 语义完全的(弱完全的)semantical consistent 语义相容semigroup 半群separable element 可分元separable extension 可分扩域sequent ⽮列式sequential 序列的Sheffer stroke Sheffer 竖(谢弗竖)simple algebraic extension 单代数扩域simple extension 单扩域simple graph 简单图simple proposition (atomic proposition) 简单(原⼦)命题simple transcental extension 单超越扩域simplication 简化规则slope 斜率small category ⼩范畴smallest element 最⼩元(素)Socrates argument Socrates 论断(苏格拉底论断)soundness (validity) theorem 可靠性(有效性)定理spanning subgraph ⽣成⼦图spanning tree ⽣成树spectra of graph 图的谱spetral radius 谱半径splitting field 分裂域standard model 标准模型standard monomil 标准单项式Steiner triple Steiner 三元系⼤集Stirling number Stirling 数Stirling transform Stirling 变换subalgebra ⼦代数subcategory ⼦范畴subdirect product ⼦直积subdivison of graph 图的细分subfield ⼦域subformula ⼦公式subdivision of graph 图的细分subgraph ⼦图subgroup ⼦群sub-module 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a r X i v :m a t h /0603069v 1 [m a t h .G T ] 3 M a r 2006The homotopy dimension of codiscrete subsets of the 2-sphere S 2J.W.Cannon *and G.R.ConnerAbstract.Andreas Zastrow conjectured,and Cannon-Conner-Zastrow proved,(see [3,pp.44-45])that filling one hole in the Sierpinski curve with a disk results in a planar Peano continuumthat is not homotopy equivalent to a 1-dimensional set.Zastrow’s example is the motivation forthis paper,where we characterize those planar Peano continua that are homotopy equivalentto 1-dimensional sets.While many planar Peano continua are not homotopically 1-dimensional,we prove that eachhas fundamental group that embeds in the fundamental group of a 1-dimensional planar Peanocontinuum.We leave open the following question:Is a planar Peano continuum homotopically 1-dimensional if its fundamental group is isomorphic with the fundamental group of a 1-dimensionalplanar Peano continuum?1.Introduction.We say that a subset X of the 2-sphere S 2is codiscrete if and only if its complement D (X ),as subspace of S 2,is discrete.The set B (X )of limit points of D (X )in S 2,which is necessarily a closed subset of X having dimension ≤1,is called the bad set of X .Our main theorem characterizes the homotopy dimension of X in terms of the interplay between D (X )and B (X ):Characterization Theorem 1.1.Suppose that X is a codiscrete subset of the 2-sphere S 2.Then X is homotopically at most 1-dimensional if and only if the following two conditions are satisfied.(1)Every component of S 2\B (X )contains a point of D (X ).(2)If D is any closed disk in the 2-sphere S 2,then the components of D \B (X )that do not contain any point of D (X )form a null sequence.[Recall that a sequence C 1,C 2,...is a null sequence if the diameters of the sets C n approach 0as n approaches ∞.]Examples appear in Figures 1and 2.Figure 1gives two examples of possible bad sets that are locally connected.The one is a circle with countably many copies of the Hawaiian earring attached.The other is a Sierpinski curve.The associated codiscrete set will be homotopically 1-dimensional if and only if condition (1)is satisfied.Figure 2gives an example of a possible bad set that is not locally connected.In order that the associated codiscrete set be homotopically 1-dimensional,both conditions (1)and (2)must be satisfied.Thus there must be points of the discrete set near each point of the bad set on both local sides of the bad set near the vertical limitingarc.Figure 1.Possible bad sets that are locally connected.Figure2.A possible bad set that is not locally connected.A continuum is a compact,connected metric space.A Peano continuum is a locally connected continuum; equivalently,a Peano continuum is the metric continuous image of the interval[0,1].Characterization Theorem1.1applies to all Peano continua in the2-sphere S2because of the following well-known theorem: Theorem1.2.Every Peano continuum M in the2-sphere S2is homotopy equivalent to a codiscrete subset X of S2.Conversely,every codiscrete subset X of S2is homotopy equivalent to a Peano continuum M in S2.We shall indicate later[after Theorem2.4.2]how this well-known theorem is proved.For the moment, we simply mention that,given M,one can obtain an appropriate codiscrete subset X by choosing for D(X) exactly one point from each component of S2\M.One can define the bad set B(M)of M as the bad set B(X)of X.It is natural to ask how restricted bad sets are.The following theorem,which characterizes the possible bad sets of codiscrete sets X,is actually an easy exercise which we leave to the reader: Theorem1.3.A subset B of the2-sphere S2is the bad set B(X)of some codiscrete subset X⊂S2if and only if B is closed and has dimension less than2.It is an easy matter to use Characterization Theorem1.1and the construction inherent in Theorem1.3 to construct all manner of interesting planar Peano continua that are,or are not,homotopy equivalent to a 1-dimensional set.All the examples that have appeared in the literature(see[3]and[8])are likewise easily checked by means of Characterization Theorem1.1.In light of the fact that so many planar Peano continua are not homotopically1-dimensional,it is a little surprising tofind that their fundamental groups are essentially1-dimensional in the following sense: Theorem1.4.If M is a planar Peano continuum,then the fundamental group of M embeds in the fundamental group of a1-dimensional planar Peano continuum.Corollary1.4.1.If M is a planar Peano continuum,then the fundamental group of M embeds in an inverse limit offinitely generated free groups.Question1.4.2.If M is a planar Peano continuum whose fundamental group is isomorphic with the fundamental group of some1-dimensional planar Peano continuum,is it true that M is homotopically1-dimensional?The remaining sections of this paper will be devoted to proofs of these theorems.2.Fundamental ideas and tools.We collect here the basic ideas and tools that will be used often in the proofs.Many of these will be familiar to some of our readers.The topics will be outlined in bold type so that the reader can quicklyfind those topics with which they are not familiar.For many,the best way to read the paper will be to turn immediately to the later sections and return to this section only when they encounter a tool or idea with which they are not familiar.Ourfirst fundamental idea is that homotopies of X within itself mustfix the bad set B(X) pointwise.This general principle can be applied to all connected planar sets X and not just to codiscrete sets.If X is any connected planar set,then we may define the bad set B(X)of X to be the set of points x∈X having the property that,in each neighborhood of x there is a simple closed curve J in X such that the interior of J in the plane R2is not entirely contained in the set X.Theorem2.1.Suppose that X is a connected planar set and that x∈B(X).Then every homotopy of X within Xfixes the point x.Proof.Suppose that there is a homotopy H:X×[0,1]→X such that∀y∈X,H(y,0)=y and such that H(x,1)=x.Let N0and N1be disjoint neighborhoods of x and H(x,1),respectively.By continuity, there is a neighborhood M of x in N0such that H(M,1)⊂N1.There is a round circle J around x that is not contained in X but intersects X only in N0.There is a simple closed curve K in int(J)∩M⊂X whose interior is not contained entirely in X.The annulus H(K×[0,1])has its boundary components separated by some component of H−1(J∩X).That component maps into a single component of J∩X,where it can befilled in via the Tietze Extension Theorem.This allows one to shrink K in X,an impossibility.Our second fundamental idea is that of the convergence of a sequence of sets.Suppose that A1,A2,... is a sequence of subsets of a space S.We say that a point x∈S is an element of lim inf i(A i)if every neighborhood of x intersects all butfinitely many of the sets A i.We say that x is an element of lim sup i(A i) if every neighborhood of x intersects infinitely many of the sets A i.We say that the sequence A i converges if the lim inf and lim sup coincide.The limit is defined to be this common lim inf and lim sup.Here are the fundamental facts about convergence,all of them well-known:Theorem2.2.1.If A1,A2,...is any sequence of sets in a separable metric space S,then there is a convergent subsequence.Proof.Let U1,U2,...be a countable basis for the topology of S.Let S0be the given sequence A1,A2,... of subsets of the space S.Assume inductively that a subsequence S i of S has been chosen.If there is a subsequence of S i no element of which intersects U i+1,let S i+1be such a subsequence.Otherwise,let S i+1=S i.Let S∞be the diagonal sequence,which takes asfirst element thefirst element of S1,as second element the second element of S2,etc.We claim that the subsequence S∞of S0converges.Indeed,suppose that x∈lim sup S∞That is,every neighborhood of x intersects infinitely many elements of S∞.Suppose that there is a neighborhood U j of x that misses infinitely many elements of S∞.Then S j,by definition, must miss U j.But this implies that all elements of S∞with index as high as j miss U j,a contradiction. Thus,every element of the lim sup lies in the lim inf.Since the opposite inclusion is obvious,these two limits are equal;and the sequence S∞converges.Theorem2.2.2.Properties of the limit of a convergent sequence.Suppose that the sequence A1,A2,...of nonempty subsets of a separable metric space S converges to a set A.Then,(1)the set A is closed in S;(2)if S is compact,then A is nonempty and compact;(3)If S is compact and if each A i is connected,then the limit A is nonempty,compact,and connected.(4)If S is compact and if each A i has diameter≥ǫ,then A has diameter≥ǫ.Proof.Easy exercise.We shall in more than one place make use of R.L.Moore’s Decomposition Theorem.In1919[9], R.L.Moore characterized the Euclidean plane topologically.In1925[10],he noted that his axioms were also satisfied by a large class of quotient spaces of the plane,so that those identification spaces were also planes.Since Moore’s theorem is somewhat inaccessible to today’s readers because of evolving terminology and background,we will give a fairly straightforward statement and outline the proof of this theorem.Moore Decomposition Theorem2.3.1.Suppose that f:S2→X is a continuous map from the 2-sphere S2onto a Hausdorffspace X such that,for each x∈X,the set S2\f−1(x)is homeomorphic with the plane R2.Then X is a2-sphere.Remarks.(1)The requirement that S2\f−1(x)be homeomorphic with R2is equivalent to the require-ment that both f−1(x)and S2\f−1(x)be nonempty and connected.(2)The theorem has the following generalization to higher dimensions:Suppose that f:S n→X is a continuous map from the n-sphere S n onto a Hausdorffspace X such that,for each x∈X,the set S n\f−1(x) is homeomorphic with the Euclidean space R n.Then X is an n-sphere provided that,in addition,n≥5,and X satisfies the condition that maps g:B2→X from the2-dimensional disk B2into X can be approximated by embeddings.This generalization was conjectured and proved in many special cases by Cannon(see[1] for a substantial discussion of these matters)and proved in general by R.D.Edwards(see Daverman’s book [5].)The situation in dimensions3and4has not been completely resolved.The proof we shall give relies on a more intuitive theorem,called the Zippin Characterization Theorem. (See,for example,[13,p.88].)Zippin Characterization Theorem2.3.2.The space X is a2-sphere if the following four conditions are satisfied:(i)X is a nondegenerate Peano continuum.(ii)No point x∈X separates X(so that,in particular,X contains at least one simple closed curve).(iii)Each simple closed curve J⊂X separates X.(iv)No arc A⊂X separates X.Proof of the Moore Decomposition Theorem on the basis of the Zippin Characterization Theorem.We verify the four conditions of the Zippin Theorem in turn.(Note that conditions(iii)and(iv) are true in the2-sphere by standard homological arguments.We shall use those same arguments here.)(i):Since X is Hausdorff,the map f is a closed surjection;hence it is easy to verify the conditions of the Urysohn metrization theorem so that X is metric.(See[11,Theorem34.1].)Since S2is a Peano continuum, that is,a metric continuous image of[0,1],so also is X.Since,∀x∈X,both f−1(x)and S2\f−1(x)are nonempty,X has more than one point;that is,X is nondegenerate.(ii):By hypothesis,S2\f−1(x)is connected.Hence X\{x}=f(S2\f−1(x))is also connected.(iii):Let p1,p2∈J cut J into two arcs A1and A2.Then f−1(A1)and f−1(A2)are compact,connected, and have nonconnected intersection f−1(p1)∪f−1(p2).The reduced Mayer-Vietoris homology sequence for the pair U=S2\f−1(A1)and V=S2\f−1(A2)contains the segmentH1(S2\f−1(A1))⊕H1(S2\f−1(A2))→H1(S2\(f−1(p1)∪f−1(p2))→˜H0(S2\(f−1(J)),where H1(U)=H1(V)=0since f−1(A1)and f−1(A2)are connected and H1(U∪V)=0since f−1(A1)∩f−1(A2)is not connected.Thus˜H0(S2\f−1(J))=˜H0(U∩V)=0,so that f−1(J)separates S2.Conse-quently,J separates X.(iv):If p∈A separates A into arcs A1and A2,and if A separates x and y in X,then we claim that one of A1and A2also separates x and y in X;indeed,we see this by considering f−1(A)=f−1(A1)∪f−1(A2), which must separate f−1(x)from f−1(y)in S2.The reduced Mayer-Vietoris homology sequence for the pair U=S2\f−1(A1)and V=S2\f−1(A2)contains the segment0→˜H0(S2\f−1(A))→˜H0(S2\A1)⊕˜H0(S2\A2).The element x−y represents a nonzero element of the center group,hence maps to a nonzero element of ˜H(S2\A1)⊕˜H0(S2\A2),as desired.By induction,one obtains intervals I0⊃I1⊃···that separate x and y in X such that∩∞n=1I n is a single point q that does not separate x from y.But an arcαfrom x to y in the path connected open set X\{q} misses some I n,a contradiction.We conclude that A cannot separate X.The proof of the Moore Decomposition Theorem2.3.1is complete.Our fourth topic is that of locally connected continua in the plane.Theorem2.4.1.Suppose that M is a continuum(=compact,connected subset)in the2-sphere S2. Then M is a Peano continuum(=locally connected continuum)if and only if the following four equivalent conditions are satisfied.(1)For each disk D in S2,the components of D\M form a null sequence.(1′)For each disk D in S2,the components of D∩M form a null sequence.(2)For each annulus A in S2,the components of A\M that intersect both boundary components of A arefinite in number.(2′)For each annulus A in S2,the components of A∩M that intersect both boundary components of A arefinite in number.Proof.Assume that M is locally connected but that(1)is not satisfied,so that,for some disk D in S2,the components of D\M do not form a null sequence.Then some sequence U i of such components converges to a nondegenerate continuum U in S2by Theorems2.2.1and2.2.2.Let A be an annulus in S2 that separates two points of U.Then each U i contains an arc A i irreducibly joining the two ends of A.We may assume that they converge to a continuum A′joining the two ends of A.The continuum A′must be a subset of M,for otherwise it could not have points of infinitely many of the components U i close to it.Since the arcs A i converge to A′,there must be two of them,which we may number as A1and A2,that have no other A i nor A′between them.There are then only two components of A\(A′∪A1∪A2)that can contain any of the remaining A i.This allows us to choose a subsequence,which we may assume is the sequence A3,A4,...,such that each A i is adjacent to A i+1,with neither A′nor any other A j between them.They must therefore be separated by a component M i of A∩M that intersects both ends of A.The components M i converge to a subcontinuum of A′that joins the ends of A.This shows that M is not locally connected at these points of A′,a contradiction.Suppose(1)is satisfied but(1′)is not.That is,there is a disk D in S2and infinitely many large components of D∩M.We may take a sequence of such components that converge to a nondegenerate subcontinuum of M.We take an annulus A that separates two points of the limit continuum.Infinitely many of the large components cross this annulus.They are separated by large components of A\M that cross the annulus.Arcs in these components that cross the annulus allow one to form a disk D that is crossed by infinitely many large components of D\M,a contradiction to(1).We conclude that(1′)is satisfied.Similar arguments show that(1′)implies(1)and that these are equivalent to(2)and(2′).Finally,if M is not locally connected,then there is a point p∈M and a neighborhood N of p in M such that p is a limit point of the components of N∩M that do not contain p.Each of these components intersects the boundary of M.These large components contradict(1′).Theorem2.4.2.Suppose that M is a Peano continuum in the2-sphere S2,and suppose that U is a component of the complement of M in S2.Then there is a map f:B2→cl(U)from the2-disk B2onto the closure of the domain U that takes int(B2)homeomorphically onto U and takes S1=∂(B2)continuously onto∂(U).In addition,if A is a free boundary arc of cl(U),then we may assume that the map f is one to one over the arc A.Remark.That the arc A is free means that A is accessible from precisely one of its sides from the domain U and that int(A)is an open subset of∂(U).Indication of proof.There are well-known,completely topological proofs of this theorem.However, refinements of the Riemann Mapping Theorem also give very enlightening analytic information.The relevant analytic theory is the theory of prime ends.There is a good exposition of the theory in John B.Conway’s readily available textbook,[4,Chapter14,Sections1-5].It follows from the local connectivity of M(applying Theorem2.4.1(1))that the impressions of the prime ends in U are all singletons.By the theory of prime ends,the Riemann mapping from int(B2)onto U extends continuously to the boundary.That the arc A is free means that A is accessible from precisely one of its sides from the domain U and that int(A)is an open subset of∂(U).Consequently,the prime ends at A correspond exactly to the points of A so that the map is one to one over A.Proof of Theorem1.2.Suppose that M is a locally connected continuum in S2.If M=S2,then M is already codiscrete.Otherwise,let U1,U2,...denote the complementary domains of M in S2.By Theorem2.4.1,the components of S2\M form a null sequence.By Theorem2.4.2,there is for each i a continuous surjection f i:B2→cl(U i)that takes S1onto the boundary of U i and takes the interior of B2 homeomorphically onto U i.Let p i=f i(0).Then the set D={p1,p2,...}is obviously discrete.The setcl(U i)\{p i}can obviously be deformed into the boundary of U i by pushing points away from p i along the images under f i of radii in B2.These deformations can be combined to deform all of X=S2\D onto M since the U i form a null sequence.We conclude that M is homotopy equivalent to the codiscrete set X=S2\D.Conversely,if X is codiscrete,then we may take,about the points p of D(X),small disjoint round disks d(p).The continuum M=S2\∪p int(d(p))is a Peano continuum to which X can be deformed by a strong deformation retraction.This completes the proof of Theorem1.2.We may think of the proof of Characterization Theorem1.1as a substantial generalization of the proof of Theorem2.4.2.We shall need an intermediate generalization of Theorem 2.4.2that deals with compact sets that act much like Peano continua but are not necessarily connected.We shall deal with them by joining them together by arcs so as to form a Peano continuum.Definition2.5.1.A connected open subset U of S2is called a Peano domain if its nondegenerate boundary components form a null sequence of Peano continua.[Note that there may be uncountably many additional components that are single points.]Theorem2.5.2.Suppose that U is a connected open subset of the2-sphere S2.Then the following three conditions are equivalent:(1)The open set U is a Peano domain.(2)For each disk D in S2,the components of U∩D form a null sequence.(3)There is a continuous surjection f:B2→cl(U)such that f(S1)⊃∂(U)and f|int(B2)is a homeo-morphism onto its image.Remark.Note that(1)generalizes the notion of local connectedness.Note that(2)generalizes charac-terization(1)of local connectedness in Theorem2.4.1;the reader can reformulate(2)in each of the ways suggested by Theorem2.4.1.Note that(3)generalizes Theorem2.4.2.Note that,in the proof,we can assume that the map f is1-1over given free boundary arcs of U because the same thing is true in Theorem 2.4.2.Proof.Assume(1),so that U is a Peano domain.Assume that(2)is not satisfied,so that there is a disk D in S2such that the components of U∩D do not form a null sequence.Then some sequence U1,U2,...of components converges to a nondegenerate continuum M.The continuum M must be a subset of a boundary component of U.We may assume that the components U1,U2,...are separated from each other by large boundary components of U.There are onlyfinitely many large boundary components of U.Hence infinitely many of the separators must come from the same boundary component.It follows that the limit,namely M,is also in the same boundary component.But this boundary component is not locally connected at the points of M,a contradiction.We conclude that(2)is satisfied so that(1)implies(2).Assume that(2)is satisfied.Assume that(1)is not satisfied.Then either there is a component of∂(U) that is not locally connected,or there exist infinitely many components of∂(U)having diameter≥ǫ,for somefixedǫ>0.In either case,taking a convergent sequence of large components,wefind the existence of an annulus A in S2and components X1,X2,...of∂(U)∩A,each of which intersects both components of ∂(A).These components∂(U)∩A must be separated by large components of A∩U.if we remove a slice from one of these large separating components,we obtain a disk D that is crossed by infinitely many large components of U∩D,which contradicts(2).Therefore(2)implies(1).Assume that(3)is satisfied,so that there is a continuous surjection f:B2→cl(U)such that f(S1)⊃∂(U)and f|int(B2)is a homeomorphism onto its image.Assume that(1)is not satisfied,so that there is either a component of∂(U)that is not locally connected,or,there exist infinitely many components of ∂(U)each having diameter greater than somefixed positive numberǫ.In either case,wefind by taking limits that there is an annulus A in S2and components X1,X2,...of∂(U)∩A,each of which intersects both components of∂(A).We may assume that X1,X2,...converges to a continuum X0joining both components of∂(A).We may assume that X i−1∪X i+1separates X i from X0in A,for i=2,3,....Pick p i∈X i∩int(A)such that p1,p2,...→p0.Let q0,q1,q2,...∈S1be points such that f(q i)=p i. Let B i be the straight-line segment in B2joining q0to q i.We may assume that the arcs B i converge to an arc or point B in B2.We shall obtain a contradiction as follows.The image f(B i)joins X i to X0.It misses X i−1∪X i+1⊂∂(U)since f(q i)∈X i,f(q0)∈X0,and f(int(B i)⊂U.Hence,traversing B i from q i toward q0,there exists afirst point b i∈B i such that f(b i)∈∂(A).We may assume that b i→b∈B2and f(b i)→f(b0)∈∂(A).Since f(b i)is separated from X0by X i−1∪X i+1in A and since X i→X0,we may conclude that f(b0)∈X∩∂(A).Hence b0∈S1\{q0}.But b0must therefore be an endpoint of B distinct from q0and must therefore be the limit of the points q i.We find that f(q i)→p0∈int(A)and f(q i)→f(p0)∈∂(A),a contradiction.We conclude that(3)implies(1).It remains to prove that(1)implies(3).This is by far the hardest of the implications.It is a generalization of the rather deep Theorem2.4.2,and we shall reduce it to that theorem.We shall also make use of the wonderful R.L.Moore Decomposition Theorem2.3.1.Our plan is to connect∂(U)by deleting from U a null sequence A1,A2,...of arcs to form a new connected open set V=U\∪i A i whose boundary∂(V)=∂(U)∪ i A i is a locally connected continuum.Then we simply apply Theorem2.4.2.For convenience,we smooth the nondegenerate components C of∂(U)as follows.We define U C to be the component of S2\C that contains U.Since C is locally connected by(1),we may apply Theorem2.4.2 tofind a continuous surjection g:B2→C∪U C that takes S1onto C and takes int(B2)homeomorphically onto U C.Thus,pulling U C radially into itself along the images of radii,wefind that we lose no generality in assuming that C is a topological circle.Since the nondegenerate components of∂(U)form a null sequence by(1),we may repeat the argument infinitely often to conclude that we lose no generality in assuming that each nondegenerate component is a simple closed curve.That is,U is the complement of a null sequence of disks D1,D2,...and a0-dimensional set D,the union of D1,D2,...,and D being closed.We wish to construct a nice sequence of cellulations of the2-sphere that respect the boundary components of U.If,for example,we wish to concentrate on some particularfinite set S of the large disks D i,we may form an upper semicontinuous decomposition of S2by declaring the other D i’s that miss S to be the nondegenerate elements of the decomposition.By R.L.Moore’s Decomposition Theorem2.3.1,the quotient space is the 2-sphere S2.The(homeomorphic)image of U in this new copy of S2will have,as complement,the(images of the)elements of S and a0-dimensional set that is closed away from S.It is then an easy matter to cellulate S2so that the elements of S cover a subcomplex and the remainder of the1-skeleton misses∂U entirely.As a consequence,wefind that there is a sequence S1,S2,...of arbitrarilyfine cellulations of S2,S i+1 subdividing S i,such that,for each i,the following conditions are satisfied:(i)Two2-cells of S i that intersect intersect in an arc.(ii)The1-skeleton of S i misses all of the0-dimensional part D of∂(U).(iii)∀j,the1-skeleton of S i either misses the disk D j or contains∂(D j).Consequently,S i has a distin-guishedfinite subcollection of disks D j that are precisely equal to unions of2-cells of S i.All other disks D k will lie in the interiors of2-cells of S i.(iv)If a2-cell C of S i has a boundary point in some∂(D j),with int(C)⊂D j,then∂(C)∩ k D k is an arc in∂(D j).We shall string the components of∂U together by arcs that run through U.These arcs will be built by approximation.The i th approximation will consist of arcs that join certain2-cells of the cellulation S i.It is necessary to distinguish four types of2-cells in the cellulation S i:A2-cell C of S i is of type0if it lies entirely in U.A2-cell C is of type1if it lies entirely in the complement of U,hence lies in one of the distinguished disks D j of the cellulation S i(see(iii)above).A2-cell C is of type2if it intersects both U and the complement of U,but its boundary lies entirely inU.A2-cell C is of type3if its boundary intersects both U and the complement of U.Condition(iv)above implies that a2-cell C of type3has boundary that intersects precisely one disk D j,that D j is one of the distinguished disks of S i,and the intersection is a boundary arc of each.We shall essentially ignore the2-cells of type0.We shall deal with the disks of type1only implicitly by considering instead their unions that give the distinguished disks D j of the cellulation S i(see(iii)above). Cells of type2will be joined to these distinguished disks by arcs in U.Cells of type3will be joined to these distinguished disks by their intersecting boundary arcs.It will be convenient to use the notation C∗for the union of the elements of a collection C of sets.Let D1denote the collection of D j’s that are distinguished in the cellulation S1.Then D∗1=∪{D∈D1}. We may assume D1∈D1.We may pick a collection of arcs A1from the1-skeleton S(1)1of S1that irreducibly joins together these distinguished disks D j∈D1and the cells of S1of type2.Then C1=D∗1∪A∗1is a contractible set.All of the cells of S1of type1are contained in C1.We may consider all cells of type2and3as attached to this contractible set in the following way.For each cell C of type2,pick one point of intersection with C1as attaching point.For each cell C of type3,pick as attaching arc the boundary arc of C that lies in a distinguished disk.We proceed by induction.We assume that we have constructed contractible sets C1⊂C2⊂···C i,that lie except for distinguished disks of S1,S2,...,S i,in the1-skeletons of the cellulations.We may impose one additional condition on the cellulation S i+1:(v)For each cell C of S i that has type2or3,that part of the1-skeleton of S i+1that lies in the interior of C,taken together with the attaching point(type2)or attaching arc(type3),is connected.All of the action in creating C i+1takes place in the individual cells C of S i of type2and3.We may pick a collection of arcs A i+1(C)from that part of the1-skeleton of S i+1that lies in the interior of C, taken together with the attaching point(type2)or attaching arc(type3),that irreducibly joins together the attaching set of C,the distinguished disks D j∈D i+1in C,and the cells of S i+1of type2in C.All of these new distinguished disks and all of these new arcs can be added to C i to form a new contractible set C i+1.We denote the entire union C A i+1(C)of arcs as A i+1.For each of the new cells of types2and3,we choose an attaching point or arc as before.We leave it to the reader to verify that M=(S2\U)∪ i(A i)is a single locally connected continuum with a single complementary domain V=U\ i(A i).By Theorem2.4.2,there is a map f:B2→cl(V)from the2-disk B2onto the closure of the domain V that takes int(B2)homeomorphically onto V and takes S1=∂(B2)continuously onto∂(V).The same map establishes condition(3)of Theorem2.5.2.This completes the proof that(1)implies(3).Thus all three conditions of Theorem2.5.2are equivalent, as claimed.The proof of Theorem2.5.2is therefore complete.Ourfinal theorem of this section shows how to push a Peano domain onto its boundary together with a 1-dimensional set provided the domain is punctured on a nonempty discrete set.This easy theorem will be needed as the last step in the proof of Theorem1.1.Theorem2.5.3.Suppose that U is a Peano domain in S2and that C is a nonempty countable orfinite subset of U that has no limit points in U.Then cl(U)\C can be retracted by a strong deformation retraction onto a1-dimensional set that contains∂(U).Proof.By Theorem2.5.2,we know that there is a continuous surjection f:B2→cl(U)such that f(S1)⊃∂(U)and f|int(B2)is a homeomorphism onto its image.Since f(int(B2))is dense in f(B2)=cl(U)and disjoint from f(S1),f(S1)must be1-dimensional.Hence it is an easy exercise to show that we may modify f slightly over U so that f(S1)misses C.We may further modify f so that f maps the origin0∈B2to a point of C and so that all other points of C have preimages on different radii of B2.Let f−1(C)={c0=0,c1,c2,c3,...}.Let A1,A2,...be the radial arcs。