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While the foundations of general topology, and thus also of the theory of compact extensions, belong to the area of set theory and mathematical logic, the credit for the creation and growth of general topology must be given to the theory of functions. Precisely this theory provided (and is still providing) the enlightenment and energy responsible for the development of modern general topology.
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Arhangel’skii, A.V. (1996). Compactness and Spaces of Functions. In: Arhangel’skii, A.V. (eds) General Topology II. Encyclopaedia of Mathematical Sciences, vol 50. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77030-2_8
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