Other Compactification Theories
- The theories of ends of a space and prime ends.
- Some 'boundary' theories such as the collaring of an open manifold, Martin boundary, Shilov boundary and Fürstenberg boundary.
- The Bohr compactification of a topological group arises from the consideration of almost periodic functions.
- One can compactify a topological ring by forming a projective line with inversive ring geometry.
- The Baily-Borel compactification of a quotient of a hermitean symmetric space.
- The wonderful compactification of a quotient of algebraic groups.
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