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Altoona

Thursday, October 28, 2004
5:00-6:00pm, 115 Osmond (UP)

Victor Brunsden
Penn State Altoona

A Topologist's Proof of Rubin's Theorem, Part I

Abstract: Using the language of model theory, M. Rubin derived sufficient conditions for reconstructing a locally compact, Hausdorff, topological space from the algebraic structure of its group of homeomorphisms. In this talk and its sequel, I will give an outline of an alternative proof of this result using only some basic general topology, group theory and some results from the theory of Boolean algebras and Stone duality.

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