Inverse systems with simplicial bonding maps and cell structures

Abstract

For a topologically complete space $X$ and a family of closed covers $\mathcal A$ of $X$ satisfying a "local refinement condition" and a "completeness condition," we give a construction of an inverse system $\mathbf{ N}_{\mathcal A}$ of simplicial complexes and simplicial bonding maps such that the limit space $N_{\infty} = \varprojlim \mathbf{N}_{\mathcal A}$ is homotopy equivalent to $X$. A connection with cell structures [2],[3] is discussed