Functor of continuation in Hilbert cube and Hilbert space

A $Z$-set in a metric space $X$ is a closed subset $K$ of $X$ such that each map of the Hilbert cube $Q$ into $X$ can uniformly be approximated by maps of $Q$ into $X \setminus K$. The aim of the paper is to show that there exists a functor of extension of maps between $Z$-sets of $Q$ [or $l_2$] to maps acting on the whole space $Q$ [resp. $l_2$]. Special properties of the functor are proved.Comment: 9 page

Normal systems over ANR's, rigid embeddings and nonseparable absorbing sets

Most of results of Bestvina and Mogilski [\textit{Characterizing certain incomplete infinite-dimensional absolute retracts}, Michigan Math. J. \textbf{33} (1986), 291--313] on strong $Z$-sets in ANR's and absorbing sets is generalized to nonseparable case. It is shown that if an ANR $X$ is locally homotopy dense embeddable in infinite-dimensional Hilbert manifolds and $w(U) = w(X)$ (where `$w$' is the topological weight) for each open nonempty subset $U$ of $X$,then $X$ itself is homotopy dense embeddable in a Hilbert manifold. It is also demonstrated that whenever $X$ is an AR, its weak product $W(X,*) = \{(x_n)_{n=1}^{\infty} \in X^{\omega}:\ x_n = * \textup{for almost all} n\}$ is homeomorphic to a pre-Hilbert space $E$ with $E \cong \Sigma E$. An intrinsic characterization of manifolds modelled on such pre-Hilbert spaces is given.Comment: 26 page