An algebraic characterization of dimension
An algebraic characterization of dimension
The purpose of this paper is to translate the condition defining Lebesgue covering dimension of a topological space <italic>X</italic> into a condition on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper C left-parenthesis upper X right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C(X)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula>, the ring of …