A Solution to the Completion Problem for Quasi-Pseudometric Spaces

The different notions of Cauchy sequence and completeness proposed in the literature for quasi-pseudometric spaces do not provide a satisfactory theory of completeness and completion for all quasi-pseudometric spaces. In this paper, we introduce a notion of completeness which is classical in the sen...

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Main Author: Athanasios Andrikopoulos
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/278381
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description The different notions of Cauchy sequence and completeness proposed in the literature for quasi-pseudometric spaces do not provide a satisfactory theory of completeness and completion for all quasi-pseudometric spaces. In this paper, we introduce a notion of completeness which is classical in the sense that it is made up of equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences and constructs a completion for any given T0 quasi-pseudometric space. This new completion theory extends the existing completion theory for metric spaces and satisfies the requirements posed by Doitchinov for a nice theory of completeness.
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spelling doaj-art-9676adc1460c4ea8a9a762fb1c123d292025-08-20T03:37:30ZengWileyInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences0161-17121687-04252013-01-01201310.1155/2013/278381278381A Solution to the Completion Problem for Quasi-Pseudometric SpacesAthanasios Andrikopoulos0Department of Economics, University of Ioannina, P.O. Box 1186, 45110 Ioannina, GreeceThe different notions of Cauchy sequence and completeness proposed in the literature for quasi-pseudometric spaces do not provide a satisfactory theory of completeness and completion for all quasi-pseudometric spaces. In this paper, we introduce a notion of completeness which is classical in the sense that it is made up of equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences and constructs a completion for any given T0 quasi-pseudometric space. This new completion theory extends the existing completion theory for metric spaces and satisfies the requirements posed by Doitchinov for a nice theory of completeness.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/278381
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