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Hi, everyone:
I have been trying to show this using the following:
Given f: Y-->X
IF S^n ~ Y_f(x) , then S^n deformation-retracts to Y , and ( not sure of this)
also is homeomorphic to Y (I know Y_f(x) is homotopic to Y ) . But ( so I am
branching out into more sub-problems) S^n is not homeomorphic to any of its
subspaces : if f:S^n -->Z , Z<S^n is a homeomorphism, then Z is compact,
and, by Invariance of Domain, Z is also open. Then , by connectedness, Z=S^n.
Anyway. I also have --tho I am not sure if this helps -- that , I think that
the only mapping cylinder that is a manifold is the identity i: M-->M , with
M a manifold. If this is true, this means that f:X-->Y as above has X=Y =S^n
Any Other Ideas?
Thanks.
I have been trying to show this using the following:
Given f: Y-->X
IF S^n ~ Y_f(x) , then S^n deformation-retracts to Y , and ( not sure of this)
also is homeomorphic to Y (I know Y_f(x) is homotopic to Y ) . But ( so I am
branching out into more sub-problems) S^n is not homeomorphic to any of its
subspaces : if f:S^n -->Z , Z<S^n is a homeomorphism, then Z is compact,
and, by Invariance of Domain, Z is also open. Then , by connectedness, Z=S^n.
Anyway. I also have --tho I am not sure if this helps -- that , I think that
the only mapping cylinder that is a manifold is the identity i: M-->M , with
M a manifold. If this is true, this means that f:X-->Y as above has X=Y =S^n
Any Other Ideas?
Thanks.