*Definition [#u14867fe]
-A space X is called nowhere locally compact if &ref(http://www.eaflux.com/imgtex/imgtex.fcgi?%5bres=100%5d%7b%5c%5b%20X%5e*=%5cbeta%20X%5cbackslash%20X%20%5c%5d%7d%25.png); is dense in βX.

*Reference [#g608fa70]
-''Encyclopedia of general topology'', Edited by Klaas Pieter Hart, Jun-iti Nagata and Jerry E. Vaughan. Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, 2004.