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Zbl 0668.54019
Doitchinov, Doitchin
On completeness in quasi-metric spaces.
(English)
[J] Topology Appl. 30, No.2, 127-148 (1988). ISSN 0166-8641

A quasi-metric on a set X is a non-negative real-valued function d defined on $X\times X$ for which $d(x,y)=0$ if and only if $x=y$ and $d(x,y)\le d(x,y)+d(y,z)$ for any x, y, and z in X. Each metric on X is clearly a quasi-metric, and each quasi-metric on X induces a quasi- uniformity and quasi-uniform topology in the usual manner. \par The author provides a thorough discussion of the motivation for and limitations of the notions of Cauchy sequence and completion for quasi- metric spaces. After presenting suitable definitions of Cauchy sequence and completeness, he is able to obtain a satisfactory theory for a standard completion of quasi-metric spaces, but only in the specialized category of balanced quasi-metric spaces. The appropriate expected theorems, including those which guarantee unique extension of quasi- uniformly continuous mappings to the completions, reinforce the naturality of the demonstrated completion process.
[S.C.Carlson]
MSC 2000:
*54E15 Uniform structures and generalizations
54E52 Baire category, Baire spaces
54C20 Extension of maps on topological spaces

Keywords: Cauchy sequence; completion; completeness

Cited in: Zbl 0969.54025 Zbl 0732.54022

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