nLab one-point compactification intertwines Cartesian product with smash product

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Topology

topology (point-set topology, point-free topology)

see also differential topology, algebraic topology, functional analysis and topological homotopy theory

Introduction

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Extra stuff, structure, properties

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Analysis Theorems

topological homotopy theory

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Statement

Proposition

(one-point compactification of product space is smash product of the compactified factors)

On the subcategory Top LCHausTop_{LCHaus} in Top of locally compact Hausdorff spaces with proper maps between them, the functor of one-point compactification (Prop. )

() cpt:Top LCHausTop */ (-)^{cpt} \;\colon\; Top_{LCHaus} \longrightarrow Top^{\ast/}
  1. sends coproducts, hence disjoint union topological spaces, to wedge sums of pointed topological spaces;

  2. sends Cartesian products, hence product topological spaces, to smash products of pointed topological spaces;

hence constitutes a strong monoidal functor for both monoidal structures of these distributive monoidal categories in that there are natural homeomorphisms

(XY) cptX cptY cpt, \big( X \sqcup Y \big)^{cpt} \;\simeq\; X^{cpt} \vee Y^{cpt} \,,

and

(X×Y) cptX cptY cpt. \big( X \times Y \big)^{cpt} \;\simeq\; X^{cpt} \wedge Y^{cpt} \,.

This is briefly mentioned in Bredon 93, p. 199. The argument is spelled out in: MO:a/1645794, Cutler 20, Prop. 1.6.

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