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Is the notion of fixed point property for topological spaces an absolute notion?
Recall that a topological space $X$ has the fixed point property (FPP) if any continuous function $f: X\to X$ has a fixed point.
Is the notion of FPP for topological spaces an absolute notion? More ...
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Proper topological spaces
Recall that a topological space is ccc, or has the countable chain condition, if every family of pairwise disjoint open sets is countable.
But equivalently, we can say that the forcing defined with ...
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If Q is a subset of the plane of size less than continuum, then does every closed F in Q extend to a closed connected G in the plane with the same trace on Q? (Or is this independent of ZFC?)
This question arises in connection with this MO
question
and especially with Sergei Ivanov's wonderful
answer,
which showed that for any countable set
$Q\subset\mathbb{R}^2$ and every closed set $F\...
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The Parovichenko cardinal, is it equal to $\max\{\aleph_2,\mathfrak p\}$?
Let us define the Parovichenko cardinal $\mathfrak{P}$ as the largest cardinal $\kappa$ such that each compact Hausdorff space $K$ of weight $w(K)<\kappa$ is the continuous image of the remainder $...
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What is known about topological groups of countable spread in ZFC?
A topological space has countable spread if every discrete subspace is at most countable.
By Theorem 8.10 in Todorcevic's book "Partition Problems in Topology", PFA implies that each regular space $X$...
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Topological applications of $\mathfrak{p}=\mathfrak{t}$
I'm working on the Malliaris-Shelah's recent result of $\mathfrak{p}=\mathfrak{t}$, but I'm more interested in what possible topological applications can derivate from this equality.
Searching in ...
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When can we force two frames to be homeomorphic?
Recall that if $M,N$ are two structures of the same type, then
$M$ is $\mathcal{L}_{\infty,\omega}$ elementarily equivalent to $N$ precisely when $M$ and $N$ are isomorphic in some forcing extension. ...
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Consistency of a strange (choice-wise) set of reals
Consider a set $X\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ such that
$X$ is not separable wrt its subspace topology
For all $r\in\mathbb{R}$ there exists a sequence $(x_n)_{n\in\omega} \subset X$ converging to $r$
In a ...
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A ridiculous combinatorial cardinal characteristic of the continuum?
This question assumes familiarity with combinatorial cardinal characteristics of the continuum. It is abstracted out of a question in a joint research with Jialiang He. I hope we've got the ...
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If every nonseparable metric space contains a sequence of subsets with no convergent subsequence, does the Continuum Hypothesis hold?
If every nonseparable metric space contains a sequence of subsets with no convergent subsequence, does the Continuum Hypothesis hold?
The answer is negative, and in the interests of self-contained ...
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Forcing extensions where meagre sets are covered
This question fits the Generalised Baire space area. I am interested in the meagre ideal on ${}^\kappa \kappa$, with the bounded topology (or box topology), when, say, $\kappa$ is inaccessible.
To be ...
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Gorelic's Forcing for large Lindelöf spaces with points $G_\delta$
I am trying to understand a step for proving that there exists large Hausdorff Lindelöf Spaces with points $G_\delta$ using forcing. I am following Isaac Gorelic's "The Baire Category And Forcing ...
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$C^n$ And Forcing: Reading a Recent Paper By Kunen
While reading a recent paper by Kunen arxiv.org/abs/0912.3733, which deals with PFA and the existence of certain differentiable functions, (defined on all of $\mathbb{R}$) which map certain $\aleph_1$-...
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Universal and strong $Q$-sets
A subset $X\subset \mathbb R$ is called
$\bullet$ a $Q$-set if for every subset $A\subset X$ there exists a $\sigma$-compact set $C\subset\mathbb R$ such that $C\cap X=A$;
$\bullet$ a strong $Q$-set ...
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CCC Forcing and $\omega_1$ conditions
I have a question about the proof of the Lemma 7.2 in the paper
I. Juhász, P. Koszmider and L. Soukup,
A first countable, initially $\omega_{1}$-compact but non-compact space,
Topology and its ...
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Forcing over the poset of nonempty open subsets of a nice topological space
Is there anything sensible to be said concerning a notion of forcing given by the poset of nonempty open subsets of the sort of topological space that comes up in ($e.g.$ algebraic) topology? If so, ...
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Is every first-countable Lindelof space of cardinality $<\mathfrak c$ a $Q$-space under MA?
Definition. A topological space $X$ is a $Q$-space if every subset of $X$ is of type $G_\delta$.
It is clear that every $Q$-space has countable pseudocharacter (= all singletons are $G_\delta$) and is ...
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No new real is contained in a countable closed set
I am trying to read Michael Hrusák's "MAD Families and the rationals" and I have studied Forcing using Kunen's books. On theorem 1, the author says that no new real is contained in a countable closed ...
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Miller real is not in the closure of sets under some conditions
Background
We can define Miller Forcing as the poset of nonempty perfect rational trees. That is, we define:
$p\subset 2^{<\omega}$ is a perfect tree iff it is closed downwards (for all $s, n$, ...
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Consistency of a strange (choice-wise) set of reals, pt. 2
This is a follow-up on this question. Consider a set $X\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ such that
$X$ is not separable wrt its subspace topology
Every countable family of non-empty pairwise disjoint subsets of $...
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Preservation of Baumgartner's I-ultrafilters under various forcings
For $I\subset \mathcal{P}(2^\omega)$, an ultrafilter $U$ on $\omega$ is said to be an I-ultrafilter if for all $f:\omega \to 2^\omega$, there exists $A\in U$ such that $f''[A]\in I$ [Baumgartner]. In ...
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When is a filter generated by a (countable) chain?
In any partial order $(P,\leq)$ it is easy to see that every chain generates (i.e., by taking the upwards closure) a filter, and any filter built as a result of the Rasiowa-Sikorski lemma in forcing ...
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Ultrafilters of weight $\aleph_2$ in Sacks model
It is well-known that in Sacks model there are P-points and even Ramsey ultrafilters, but what the usual (i.e. findable in the literature) proofs for these facts do is proving that ground model P-...
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Hereditarily Lindelöf spaces with density continuum
Since there are L-spaces (provably in ZFC), under CH we have regular, hereditarily Lindelöf spaces with density continuum. However, I cannot find an example of such a space under not CH, nor a proof ...
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Which spaces are still Lindelöf after forcing with a Suslin tree?
Let $T$ be a Suslin tree and $f:T\to Y$ be continuous. ($T$ is endowed with the order topology.) Assume that the image of $T$ is contained in a Lindelöf subset of $Y$. Then, force with $T$. Which ...
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Compactifications with remainder $[0,\omega_1]$ and convergent sequences
Is the following statement consistent?
$(\star)$ Let $K$ be a separable compact Hausdorff space containing the space $[0,\omega_1]$ so that the complement $K\setminus[0,\omega_1]$ is discrete. Then ...
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