On noncontractible compacta with trivial homology and homotopy groups

We construct an example of a Peano continuum $X$ such that: (i) $X$ is a one-point compactification of a polyhedron; (ii) $X$ is weakly homotopy equivalent to a point (i.e. $\pi_n(X)$ is trivial for all $n \geq 0$); (iii) $X$ is noncontractible; and (iv) $X$ is homologically and cohomologically locally connected (i.e. $X$ is a $HLC$ and $clc$ space). We also prove that all classical homology groups (singular, \v{C}ech, and Borel-Moore), all classical cohomology groups (singular and \v{C}ech), and all finite-dimensional Hawaiian groups of $X$ are trivial

On nerves of fine coverings of acyclic spaces

The main results of this paper are: (1) If a space $X$ can be embedded as a cellular subspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ then $X$ admits arbitrary fine open coverings whose nerves are homeomorphic to the $n$-dimensional cube $\mathbb{D}^n$; (2) Every $n$-dimensional cell-like compactum can be embedded into $(2n+1)$-dimensional Euclidean space as a cellular subset; and (3) There exists a locally compact planar set which is acyclic with respect to \v{C}ech homology and whose fine coverings are all nonacyclic

On the second homotopy group of SC(Z)SC(Z)

In our earlier paper (K. Eda, U. Karimov, and D. Repov\v{s}, \emph{A construction of simply connected noncontractible cell-like two-dimensional Peano continua}, Fund. Math. \textbf{195} (2007), 193--203) we introduced a cone-like space $SC(Z)$. In the present note we establish some new algebraic properties of $SC(Z)$

On Snake cones, Alternating cones and related constructions

We show that the Snake on a square $SC(S^1)$ is homotopy equivalent to the space $AC(S^1)$ which was investigated in the previous work by Eda, Karimov and Repov\vs. We also introduce related constructions $CSC(-)$ and $CAC(-)$ and investigate homotopical differences between these four constructions. Finally, we explicitly describe the second homology group of the Hawaiian tori wedge

A nonaspherical cell-like 2-dimensional simply connected continuum and related constructions

We prove the existence of a 2-dimensional nonaspherical simply connected cell-like Peano continuum (the space itself was constructed in one of our earlier papers). We also indicate some relations between this space and the well-known Griffiths' space from the 1950's

On the fundamental group of R^3 modulo the Chase-Chaberlin continuum

It has been known for a long time that the fundamental group of the quotient of R^3 by the Case-Chamberlin continuum is nontrivial. In the present paper we prove that this group is in fact, uncountable