Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Topology and its Applications
Abstract
This paper contains several shrinking theorems for decompositions of 4-dimensional manifolds. Let f : M → X be a closed, cell-like mapping of a 4-manifold M onto a metric space X and let Y be a closed subset of X such that X - Y is a 4-manifold and Y is locally simply co-connected in X. The main result states that f can be approximated by homeomorphisms if Y is a 1-dimensional ANR. The techniques of the proof also show that f can be approximated by homeomorphisms in case Y is an arbitrary 0-dimensional closed subset. Combining the two results gives the same conclusion in case Y contains a closed, 0-dimensional subset C such that Y - C is a 1-dimensional ANR. The construction in the paper also gives a proof of a taming theorem for 1-dimensional ANRs.
First Page
3
Last Page
20
DOI
10.1016/s0166-8641(99)00177-7
Publication Date
1-1-2001
Recommended Citation
Bestvina, Mladen; Daverman, Robert J.; and Venema, Gerard A., "A 4-dimensional 1-LCC Shrinking Theorem" (2001). University Faculty Publications and Creative Works. 454.
https://digitalcommons.calvin.edu/calvin_facultypubs/454