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The cardinality of projections of subsets of the Hilbert cube by inner products

I have three related questions. Question 1: Is there a subset $X$ of the Hilbert cube $[0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ of cardinality continuum, such that for each sequence $a\in [0,1]^{\Bbb N}$ with $\sum a_n$ ...
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Does a completely metrizable space admit a compatible metric where all intersections of nested closed balls are non-empty?

(cross-posted from this math.SE question) It is well-known that given a metric space $(X,d)$, the metric is complete if and only if every intersection of nested (i.e. decreasing with respect to ...
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Every Borel linearly independent set has Borel linear hull (reference?)

I am looking for a reference to the following fact, which probably is known and could be proved somewhere by someone. Theorem. The linear hull of any linearly independent Borel set in a Polish ...
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How complex is the orbit equivalence relation of $\mathrm{Iso}_0(X)\curvearrowright S_X$ for $X=L^p([0,1])$?

For a Banach space $X$ let $S_X$ denote its unit sphere and let $\mathrm{Iso}_0(X)$ denote the group of rotations of $X$, that is isometries fixing the origin. There is a natural continuous action $\...
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Borel selections of usco maps on metrizable compacta

The problem posed below is motivated by this problem of Chris Heunen and in fact is its reformulation in the language of usco maps. Let us recal that an usco map is an upper semicontinuous compact-...
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How to show that something is not completely metrizable

I have a Polish space $X$ and a subset $A \subset X$. I know that $A$ is completely metrizable (in its induced topology) if and only if $A$ is a $G_\delta$-set in $X$. This means: If I want to show ...
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Continuity of function mapping $\mathcal{P}(\mathcal{P}(X))$ to $\mathcal{P}(X)$ [closed]

Given a topological space $Y$, let $\mathcal{P}(Y)$ be the set of all probability measures on $Y$, endowed with the weak* topology. Let $X$ be a topological space (for convenience, it might be Polish ...
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Classify spaces that make extension theorems hold

Recall a Polish space is a completely metrizable separable space. Say a Polish space $Y$ is a terminal space if for any Polish space $X$ and any closed $C \subseteq X$, one can extend a continuous ...
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Is $\ell^\infty$ Polishable?

Consider $\ell^\infty$ as a subspace of the Polish space $\mathbb{R}^\omega$. It is easy to check that $\ell^\infty$ is not Polish in the subspace topology, as it is countable union of the compact ...
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Different Metrics for Baire Space and their induced Topologies

The Baire-Space is the set of all infinite sequences of integers, i.e. $$ \mathcal N = \omega^{\omega}. $$ On this space usually the following metric is given $$ d(\alpha, \beta) = \left\{ \begin{...
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Generalizations of the Tietze extension theorem (and Lusin's theorem)

I am reasking a year-old math.stackexchange.com question asked by someone else. (For my needs every space $X$ and $Y$ will be Polish---that is a completely separably metrizable space.) The Tietze ...
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