Modulo arithmetic of function spaces: Subset hyperspaces as quotients of function spaces

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Main Author: Akofor, Earnest
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contents Let $X$ be a (topological) space and $Cl(X)$ the collection of nonempty closed subsets of $X$. Given a topology on $Cl(X)$, making $Cl(X)$ a space, a (subset) hyperspace of $X$ is a subspace $\mathcal{J}\subset Cl(X)$ with an embedding $X\hookrightarrow\mathcal{J}$, $x\mapsto\{x\}$. In this note, we characterize certain hyperspaces $\mathcal{J}\subset Cl(X)$ as explicit quotient spaces of function spaces $\mathcal{F}\subset X^Y$ and discuss metrization of associated compact-subset hyperspaces in this setting. In particular, we find that any hyperspace topology containing the Vietoris topology is a quotient of a function space topology containing the topology of pointwise convergence.
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spellingShingle Modulo arithmetic of function spaces: Subset hyperspaces as quotients of function spaces
Akofor, Earnest
General Topology
Primary 54B20 54C35, Secondary 54B15 54E35 54A10 54C50
Let $X$ be a (topological) space and $Cl(X)$ the collection of nonempty closed subsets of $X$. Given a topology on $Cl(X)$, making $Cl(X)$ a space, a (subset) hyperspace of $X$ is a subspace $\mathcal{J}\subset Cl(X)$ with an embedding $X\hookrightarrow\mathcal{J}$, $x\mapsto\{x\}$. In this note, we characterize certain hyperspaces $\mathcal{J}\subset Cl(X)$ as explicit quotient spaces of function spaces $\mathcal{F}\subset X^Y$ and discuss metrization of associated compact-subset hyperspaces in this setting. In particular, we find that any hyperspace topology containing the Vietoris topology is a quotient of a function space topology containing the topology of pointwise convergence.
title Modulo arithmetic of function spaces: Subset hyperspaces as quotients of function spaces
topic General Topology
Primary 54B20 54C35, Secondary 54B15 54E35 54A10 54C50
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.10803