Re: Contractible metric space

From: Julien Santini (santini.julien_at_wanadoo.fr)
Date: 02/27/05 

Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 20:53:54 +0100

> How about the following (it would seem that this can be done in R^2,
> but perhaps it is easier to define on the abstract level):
>

The theorem I mentioned is theorem 4.8 (Hocking & Young) and the proof is
"left to the reader" (it is clearly implied it must be more or less
trivial). However, it seems clear to me that, using this interpretation of
starlike, a counterexample can be found easily. I really can't tell. 

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Julien Santini