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Hyperspaces of a uniformizable space

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

D. Hammond Smith
D. Hammond Smith
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University of Exeter
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If X is a uniformizable space any uniform structure compatible with its topology will give a uniform structure on the collection H(X) of all non-empty closed sets of X ((1), Section 2, Exercises 7, 8, definition 1·6): for each entourage U ∈ we define an entourage U on H(X) by putting U = {(A, B); A ⊂ U(B) and B ⊂ U(A)}. It has been conjectured ((6), p. 35, Exercise 17) that if 1 and 2 are distinct uniform structures on X, 1 and 2 induce indifferent topologies on H(X). Unfortunately the method proposed in (6) fails, even for metrizable structures, as we shall show by an example. We shall, however, establish a number of partial results tending to support the conjecture; in particular we shall establish the result when both the uniform structures are metrizable, or when one is precompact.

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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 62 , Issue 1 , January 1966 , pp. 25 - 28
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1966

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