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A continuous mapping <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216901.png" /> from a closed <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216902.png" />-dimensional ball <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216903.png" /> into a topological Hausdorff space <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216904.png" /> that is a homeomorphism on the interior <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216905.png" /> of the ball. The set <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216906.png" /> is then called a cell of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216907.png" />, and <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216908.png" /> is called the characteristic mapping of the cell <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c0216909.png" />. If <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c02169010.png" /> is a [[Cellular space|cellular space]], then the cells of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c02169011.png" /> are defined as those cells of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c02169012.png" /> that form the cellular decomposition of <img align="absmiddle" border="0" src="https://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/legacyimages/c/c021/c021690/c02169013.png" />.
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A continuous mapping $\chi$ from a closed $n$-dimensional ball $E^n$ into a topological Hausdorff space $X$ that is a homeomorphism on the interior $\mathrm{int}(E^n)$ of the ball. The set $e^n = \chi[\mathrm{int}(E^n)]$ is then called a ''cell'' of $X$, and $\chi$ is called the characteristic mapping of the cell $e^n$. If $X$ is a [[cellular space]], then the cells of $X$ are defined as those cells of $X$ that form the cellular decomposition of $X$.
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in topology

A continuous mapping $\chi$ from a closed $n$-dimensional ball $E^n$ into a topological Hausdorff space $X$ that is a homeomorphism on the interior $\mathrm{int}(E^n)$ of the ball. The set $e^n = \chi[\mathrm{int}(E^n)]$ is then called a cell of $X$, and $\chi$ is called the characteristic mapping of the cell $e^n$. If $X$ is a cellular space, then the cells of $X$ are defined as those cells of $X$ that form the cellular decomposition of $X$.

How to Cite This Entry:
Characteristic mapping. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Characteristic_mapping&oldid=42273
This article was adapted from an original article by A.F. Kharshiladze (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article