Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 August 2012
A space $Y$ is called an extension of a space
$X$ if
$Y$ contains
$X$ as a dense subspace. An extension
$Y$ of
$X$ is called a one-point extension of
$X$ if
$Y\setminus X$ is a singleton. P. Alexandroff proved that any locally compact non-compact Hausdorff space
$X$ has a one-point compact Hausdorff extension, called the one-point compactification of
$X$. Motivated by this, Mrówka and Tsai [‘On local topological properties. II’, Bull. Acad. Polon. Sci. Sér. Sci. Math. Astronom. Phys.19 (1971), 1035–1040] posed the following more general question: For what pairs of topological properties
${\mathscr P}$ and
${\mathscr Q}$ does a locally-
${\mathscr P}$ space
$X$ having
${\mathscr Q}$ possess a one-point extension having both
${\mathscr P}$ and
${\mathscr Q}$? Here, we provide an answer to this old question.