Both preorders and ordinary ultrametric spaces are instances of generalized ul-trametric spaces. Every generalized ultrametric space can be isometrically embedded in a (complete) function space by means of an ultrametric version of the categorical Yoneda Lemma. This simple fact gives naturally rise to: 1. a topology for generalized ultrametric spaces which for arbitrary preorders corresponds to...

Algebraic topology is a young subject, and its foundations are not yet firmly in place. I shall give some history, examples, and modern developments in that part of the subject called stable algebraic topology, or stable homotopy theory. This is by far the most calculationally accessible part of algebraic topology, although it is also the least intuitively grounded in visualizable geometric obj...

Generalized metric spaces are a common generalization of preorders and ordinary metric spaces. Every generalized metric space can be isometrically embedded in a complete function space by means of a metric version of the categorical Yoneda embedding. This simple fact gives naturally rise to: 1. a topology for generalized metric spaces which for arbitrary preorders corresponds to the Alexandroo ...