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As implied by Tyrone, the claim that a fully normal space is strongly collectionwise normal is true. See, for example, the result in H. J. Cohen's paper Sur un problème de M. Dieudonné (translated into English and paraphrased).

Proposition [1, Thm. 2]. A topological space $X$ is strongly collectionwise normal if and only if for every open covering $\mathscr{U}$, there exists a refinement $\mathscr{V} \leq \mathscr{U}$ with the following property: if $x, y \in X$ are contained in a same set $V \in \mathscr{V}$, or the union of two such sets $V_1, V_2 \in \mathscr{V}$ with a common point $z \in V_1 \cap V_2$, then they are both contained in some set $U \in \mathscr{U}$.

A space with this property is said to be almost 2-fully normal, as defined by M. Mansfield. It is immediate from the definitions that a space which is fully normal is also almost 2-fully normal.

However, the statement and proof of Theorem 4.8 are incorrect; there is no way to deduce that the self-composite of any $W_n$ must lie in $W$. In a paper by H. Künzi and P. Fletcher it is noted that the assertion of Theorem 4.8. must be false due to an earlier counterexample1 of a collectionwise normal, evenly paracompact space which is not almost 2-fully-normal normal. This was initially given by R. H. Bing as a counterexample to a different problem which can also be found in the paper of H. J. Cohen.

References

  1. Cohen, Herman J., Sur une problème de M. Dieudonné, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris 234, 290-292 (1952). ZBL0046.16403.

  2. Künzi, Hans-Peter; Fletcher, Peter, Even covering properties and somewhat normal spaces, Can. Math. Bull. 29, 154-159 (1986). ZBL0593.54020.


1Note that condition $(2)$ of Theorem 4.8 is equivalent to $X$ being somewhat normal (as defined in [2]), and that a normal space is somewhat normal if and only if it is evenly paracompact [2, Proposition 2.2].

As implied by Tyrone, the claim that a fully normal space is strongly collectionwise normal is true. See, for example, the result in H. J. Cohen's paper Sur un problème de M. Dieudonné (translated into English and paraphrased).

Proposition [1, Thm. 2]. A topological space $X$ is strongly collectionwise normal if and only if for every open covering $\mathscr{U}$, there exists a refinement $\mathscr{V} \leq \mathscr{U}$ with the following property: if $x, y \in X$ are contained in a same set $V \in \mathscr{V}$, or the union of two such sets $V_1, V_2 \in \mathscr{V}$ with a common point $z \in V_1 \cap V_2$, then they are both contained in some set $U \in \mathscr{U}$.

A space with this property is said to be almost 2-fully normal, as defined by M. Mansfield. It is immediate from the definitions that a space which is fully normal is also almost 2-fully normal.

However, the statement and proof of Theorem 4.8 are incorrect; there is no way to deduce that the self-composite of any $W_n$ must lie in $W$. In a paper by H. Künzi and P. Fletcher it is noted that the assertion of Theorem 4.8. must be false due to an earlier counterexample1 of a collectionwise normal, evenly paracompact space which is not almost 2-fully-normal. This was initially given by R. H. Bing as a counterexample to a different problem which can also be found in the paper of H. J. Cohen.

References

  1. Cohen, Herman J., Sur une problème de M. Dieudonné, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris 234, 290-292 (1952). ZBL0046.16403.

  2. Künzi, Hans-Peter; Fletcher, Peter, Even covering properties and somewhat normal spaces, Can. Math. Bull. 29, 154-159 (1986). ZBL0593.54020.


1Note that condition $(2)$ of Theorem 4.8 is equivalent to $X$ being somewhat normal (as defined in [2]), and that a normal space is somewhat normal if and only if it is evenly paracompact [2, Proposition 2.2].

As implied by Tyrone, the claim that a fully normal space is strongly collectionwise normal is true. See, for example, the result in H. J. Cohen's paper Sur un problème de M. Dieudonné (translated into English and paraphrased).

Proposition [1, Thm. 2]. A topological space $X$ is strongly collectionwise normal if and only if for every open covering $\mathscr{U}$, there exists a refinement $\mathscr{V} \leq \mathscr{U}$ with the following property: if $x, y \in X$ are contained in a same set $V \in \mathscr{V}$, or the union of two such sets $V_1, V_2 \in \mathscr{V}$ with a common point $z \in V_1 \cap V_2$, then they are both contained in some set $U \in \mathscr{U}$.

A space with this property is said to be almost 2-fully normal, as defined by M. Mansfield. It is immediate from the definitions that a space which is fully normal is also almost 2-fully normal.

However, the statement and proof of Theorem 4.8 are incorrect; there is no way to deduce that the self-composite of any $W_n$ must lie in $W$. In a paper by H. Künzi and P. Fletcher it is noted that the assertion of Theorem 4.8. must be false due to an earlier counterexample1 of a collectionwise normal, evenly paracompact space which is not almost 2-fully normal. This was initially given by R. H. Bing as a counterexample to a different problem which can also be found in the paper of H. J. Cohen.

References

  1. Cohen, Herman J., Sur une problème de M. Dieudonné, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris 234, 290-292 (1952). ZBL0046.16403.

  2. Künzi, Hans-Peter; Fletcher, Peter, Even covering properties and somewhat normal spaces, Can. Math. Bull. 29, 154-159 (1986). ZBL0593.54020.


1Note that condition $(2)$ of Theorem 4.8 is equivalent to $X$ being somewhat normal (as defined in [2]), and that a normal space is somewhat normal if and only if it is evenly paracompact [2, Proposition 2.2].

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As implied by Tyrone, the claim that a fully normal space is strongly collectionwise normal is true. See, for example, the result in H. J. Cohen's paper Sur un problème de M. Dieudonné (translated into English and paraphrased).

Proposition [1, Thm. 2]. A topological space $X$ is strongly collectionwise normal if and only if for every open covering $\mathscr{U}$, there exists a refinement $\mathscr{V} \leq \mathscr{U}$ with the following property: if $x, y \in X$ are contained in a same set $V \in \mathscr{V}$, or the union of two such sets $V_1, V_2 \in \mathscr{V}$ with a common point $z \in V_1 \cap V_2$, then they are both contained in some set $U \in \mathscr{U}$.

A space with this property is said to be almost 2-fully normal, as defined by M. Mansfield. It is immediate from the definitions that a space which is fully normal is also almost 2-fully normal.

However, the statement and proof of Theorem 4.8 are incorrect; there is no way to deduce that the self-composite of any $W_n$ must lie in $W$. In a paper by H. Künzi and P. Fletcher it is noted that the assertion of Theorem 4.8. must be false due to an earlier counterexample1 of a collectionwise normal, evenly paracompact space which is not almost 2-fully-normal. This was initially given by R. H. Bing as a counterexample to a different problem which can also be found in the paper of H. J. Cohen.

References

  1. Cohen, Herman J., Sur une problème de M. Dieudonné, C. R. Acad. Sci., Paris 234, 290-292 (1952). ZBL0046.16403.

  2. Künzi, Hans-Peter; Fletcher, Peter, Even covering properties and somewhat normal spaces, Can. Math. Bull. 29, 154-159 (1986). ZBL0593.54020.


1Note that condition $(2)$ of Theorem 4.8 is equivalent to $X$ being somewhat normal (as defined in [2]), and that a normal space is somewhat normal if and only if it is evenly paracompact [2, Proposition 2.2].