Positively expansive homeomorphisms of compact spaces

We give a new and elementary proof showing that a homeomorphism f:X→X of a compact metric space is positively expansive if and only if X is finite.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Richeson, Jim Wiseman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2004-01-01
Series:International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S0161171204312184