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I wanted to know the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. The actual problem asks to show that $S^n/{p,q} simeq S^n vee S^1$, where $p,q$ are two distinct points of $S^n$. I know that $S^n-{p,q}$ is homeomorphic to the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. So, knowing the result might help to solve the problem. Intuition from $mathbf{R}-{0}$ is not helping much as that is $S^1vee S^1$ and I couldn't work out for even $n=2$. Please help.










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  • In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:36












  • Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:39










  • Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:45












  • Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:52


















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I wanted to know the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. The actual problem asks to show that $S^n/{p,q} simeq S^n vee S^1$, where $p,q$ are two distinct points of $S^n$. I know that $S^n-{p,q}$ is homeomorphic to the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. So, knowing the result might help to solve the problem. Intuition from $mathbf{R}-{0}$ is not helping much as that is $S^1vee S^1$ and I couldn't work out for even $n=2$. Please help.










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  • In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:36












  • Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:39










  • Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:45












  • Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:52
















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I wanted to know the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. The actual problem asks to show that $S^n/{p,q} simeq S^n vee S^1$, where $p,q$ are two distinct points of $S^n$. I know that $S^n-{p,q}$ is homeomorphic to the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. So, knowing the result might help to solve the problem. Intuition from $mathbf{R}-{0}$ is not helping much as that is $S^1vee S^1$ and I couldn't work out for even $n=2$. Please help.










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I wanted to know the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. The actual problem asks to show that $S^n/{p,q} simeq S^n vee S^1$, where $p,q$ are two distinct points of $S^n$. I know that $S^n-{p,q}$ is homeomorphic to the one point compactification of $mathbf{R}^n-{0}$. So, knowing the result might help to solve the problem. Intuition from $mathbf{R}-{0}$ is not helping much as that is $S^1vee S^1$ and I couldn't work out for even $n=2$. Please help.







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  • In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:36












  • Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:39










  • Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:45












  • Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:52




















  • In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:36












  • Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:39










  • Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
    – Michael Burr
    Nov 24 at 15:45












  • Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:52


















In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
– Michael Burr
Nov 24 at 15:36






In general, the way to make a one-point compactification is to identify the limits of all sequences that you really want to converge. In this case, it would be adding a point at infinity and identifying it with $0$. If you think about the sphere $S^n$ and stereographic projection, this would correspond to identifying the north and south poles.
– Michael Burr
Nov 24 at 15:36














Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:39




Ok, is it a known space? My guess would be something involved with wedge product.
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:39












Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
– Michael Burr
Nov 24 at 15:45






Perhaps the example on page 11 on Hatcher's Algebraic Topology would be helpful.
– Michael Burr
Nov 24 at 15:45














Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:52






Sorry, I am not really comfortable with CW-Cells. Is there a solution with precise maps?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:52












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By stereographic projection, you can turn $Bbb R^n-{0}$ into $S^n-{N,S}$. You want to make this compact by adding a single point. We wish to add $N$ to fix problems near the north pole and $S$ for problems near the south pole. So to solve both problems at once, we "pinch" $N$ and $S$ together and then only add a single point...






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  • I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:41






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    @PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:45










  • For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:46








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    Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
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By stereographic projection, you can turn $Bbb R^n-{0}$ into $S^n-{N,S}$. You want to make this compact by adding a single point. We wish to add $N$ to fix problems near the north pole and $S$ for problems near the south pole. So to solve both problems at once, we "pinch" $N$ and $S$ together and then only add a single point...






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  • I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:41






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    @PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:45










  • For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:46








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    Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:58


















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By stereographic projection, you can turn $Bbb R^n-{0}$ into $S^n-{N,S}$. You want to make this compact by adding a single point. We wish to add $N$ to fix problems near the north pole and $S$ for problems near the south pole. So to solve both problems at once, we "pinch" $N$ and $S$ together and then only add a single point...






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  • I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:41






  • 1




    @PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:45










  • For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:46








  • 1




    Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:58
















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By stereographic projection, you can turn $Bbb R^n-{0}$ into $S^n-{N,S}$. You want to make this compact by adding a single point. We wish to add $N$ to fix problems near the north pole and $S$ for problems near the south pole. So to solve both problems at once, we "pinch" $N$ and $S$ together and then only add a single point...






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By stereographic projection, you can turn $Bbb R^n-{0}$ into $S^n-{N,S}$. You want to make this compact by adding a single point. We wish to add $N$ to fix problems near the north pole and $S$ for problems near the south pole. So to solve both problems at once, we "pinch" $N$ and $S$ together and then only add a single point...







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  • I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:41






  • 1




    @PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:45










  • For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:46








  • 1




    Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:58




















  • I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:41






  • 1




    @PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:45










  • For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
    – PSG
    Nov 24 at 15:46








  • 1




    Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
    – Aleksandar Milivojevic
    Nov 24 at 15:58


















I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:41




I got the idea, so what would be the final space?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:41




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1




@PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
– Aleksandar Milivojevic
Nov 24 at 15:45




@PSG A sphere with the north and south poles identified. This is homotopy equivalent to the sphere with a circle attached at a point.
– Aleksandar Milivojevic
Nov 24 at 15:45












For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:46






For $S^1$ , I can see that if we pinch the $N$ and $S$ together we get $S^1vee S^1$, it's difficult to see in higher dimension , maybe you can give a closed form of the space. Is it $S^nvee S^1$?
– PSG
Nov 24 at 15:46






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Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
– Aleksandar Milivojevic
Nov 24 at 15:58






Draw a line from N to S through the “hole” in the sphere. (Contracting the line gives you pinching, but now we want the line to be there.) Now move N along the sphere over to S, and see that the line becomes a circle.
– Aleksandar Milivojevic
Nov 24 at 15:58




















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