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<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Colombiana de Matemáticas]]></journal-title>
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<issn>0034-7426</issn>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[The Kuratowski-Mrówka characterization and weak forms of compactness]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[La caracterización de Kuratowski-Mrówka y formas débiles de compacidad]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[NEIRA]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[CLARA M.]]></given-names>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Bogotá ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<day>15</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2009</year>
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<volume>43</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>9</fpage>
<lpage>17</lpage>
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<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Se presentan caracterizaciones del tipo Kuratowski-Mrówka de la &kappa;-compacidad inicial y de la &kappa;-compacidad final, donde &kappa;>\aleph0 es un cardinal. Además, se presenta una caracterización categórica de la &kappa;-compacidad, en términos de un operador de clausura que depende de un ultrafiltro sobre &kappa;.]]></p></abstract>
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The Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka characterization and weak forms of compactness
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La caracterizaci&oacute;n de Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka y formas d&eacute;biles de compacidad
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CLARA M. NEIRA<sup>1</sup>
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<sup>1</sup>Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogot&aacute;, Colombia. Email: <a href="mailto:cmneirau@unal.edu.co">cmneirau@unal.edu.co</a>
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Abstract
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For cardinals <i>&kappa;&gt;\aleph<sub>0</sub></i>, characterizations of the Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka type of initial <i>&kappa;</i>-compactness and final <i>&kappa;</i>-compactness are given. Moreover, a categorical characterization of <i>&kappa;</i>-compactness is given in terms of a closure operator depending on an ultrafilter over <i>&kappa;</i>.
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Key words:
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Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka characterization of compact spaces,
closure operator,
weak form of compactness.
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<i>2000 Mathematics Subject Classification: 54D45, 18A05.</i>

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Resumen
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Se presentan caracterizaciones del tipo Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka de la <i>&kappa;</i>-compacidad inicial y de la <i>&kappa;</i>-compacidad final, donde <i>&kappa;&gt;\aleph<sub>0</sub></i> es un cardinal. Adem&aacute;s, se presenta una caracterizaci&oacute;n categ&oacute;rica de la <i>&kappa;</i>-compacidad, en t&eacute;rminos de un operador de clausura que depende de un ultrafiltro sobre <i>&kappa;</i>.
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Palabras clave:
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Caracterizaci&oacute;n de Kuratowski-Mr&oacute;wka de los espacios compactos,
operador de clausura,
formas d&eacute;biles de compacidad.
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<b>(Recibido en septiembre de 2007. Aceptado en marzo de 2009)</b>
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