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Some conclusions and methods in topology are used to discuss the topological structure of (\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:bold>0<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00a0(\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    )\u00a0,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) and the pair ((\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:bold>0<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00a0(\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    )\u00a0,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    )\u00a0, (\n                    <jats:italic>E<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:bold>0<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00a0(\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    )\u00a0,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    )). The main results are as follows: 1. The space (\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:bold>0<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00a0(\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    )\u00a0,\n                    <jats:italic>D<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) is homeomorphic to the Hilbert cube\n                    <jats:italic>Q<\/jats:italic>\n                    \u00a0=\u00a0[-1, 1]\u00a0\n                    <jats:sup>\n                      <jats:bold>N<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sup>\n                    if and only if\n                    <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\n                    <jats:sub>\n                      <jats:bold>0<\/jats:bold>\n                    <\/jats:sub>\n                    \u00a0(\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    ) is compact if and only if\n                    <jats:italic>Y<\/jats:italic>\n                    is compact. 2. 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