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On the Representation of Mappings of Compact Metrizable Spaces as Restrictions of Linear Transformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2018

Michael Edelstein*
Affiliation:
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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Let f: XX be a continuous mapping of the compact metrizable space X into itself with a singleton. In [3] Janos proved that for any λ, 0 < λ < 1, a metric ρ compatible with the topology of X exists such that ρ(f(x), f(y)) ≦ λρ(x, y) for all x, yX. More recently, Janos [4] has shown that if, in addition, f is one-to-one, then a Hilbert space H and a homeomorphism μ: XH exist such that μfμ-1 is the restriction to μ[X] of the transformation sending yH into λy. Our aim in this note is to show that in both cases a homeomorphism h of X into l2 exists such that hfh-1 is the restriction of a linear transformation.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Mathematical Society 1970

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