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Continuity in the Coarse and Weak Shape Categories

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The continuity theorems in the (abstract) coarse and weak shape categories are established. They also hold in the (standard) pointed and bi-pointed cases of topological spaces. An application of the bi-pointed continuity theorem in the standard (coarse) shape category is considered.

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Uglešić, N. Continuity in the Coarse and Weak Shape Categories. Mediterr. J. Math. 9, 741–766 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00009-011-0148-2

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