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Is the interval topology on ${\cal P}(\omega)/(\text{fin})$ connected?
If $(P,\leq)$ is a poset and $x\in X$, we let $\downarrow x = \{p\in P: p \leq x\}$, and $\uparrow x$ is defined dually. The collection $$\Big\{P\setminus (\downarrow x): x\in P\Big\} \cup \Big\{P\...
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Menger and Scheepers subsets of $\mathbb R$
$\Omega$: The collection of all $\omega$-covers of a space $X$. An open cover $\mathcal U$ of $X$ is said to be $\omega$-cover if $X\notin\mathcal U$ and for each finite $F\subseteq X$ there exists a $...
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Why are extremally disconnected spaces so hard to give examples of?
Recall that an extremally disconnected space is a Hausdorff topological space in which the closure of any open set is still open.
On the surface, this doesn't seem like a very remarkable condition ...
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An open set which is not the union of a closed set and a countable set
The following fact is probably a known result:
Fact. Let $X$ be an uncountable Polish space. Then there exists an open subset of $X$ which is not the union of a closed set and a countable set.
Proof:...
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Definability properties of box-open subsets of Polish space
Let $X$ be a perfect Polish space $X$, so that $X^\omega$ is also a Polish space under the product topology. Call a subset $\mathcal{X} \subseteq X^\omega$ box-open if it is an open subset of $X^\...
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What is the extent of a $\Sigma$-product of a (uncountable) power of a (countable) discrete space?
Recall that a $\Sigma$-product of a family of spaces $\{X_s:s\in S\}$ with a base point $a=(a_s)\in \prod_{s\in S} X_s$ is the subspace $$\Sigma(a)=\{x\in \prod_{s\in S} X_s: |\{s\in S:a_s\neq x_s\}|\...
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Is there a Bernstein subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}$ such that no continuous map $f : X → [0,1]$ is surjective?
Is there a Bernstein subset $X$ of $\mathbb{R}$ such that no continuous map $f : X → [0,1]$ is surjective ?
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Is there a metric separable space with the following properties...?
Let $\omega_1<\mathfrak{q}_0$ where $\mathfrak{q}_0:=\min\{|Y|:Y\subseteq \mathbb{R}$, $Y$ is not a $Q$-space$\}$.
Is there a metric separable space $X$ with the following properties:
$|X|\geq\...
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Existence of Borel uniformization for coanalytic set with non-$K_\sigma$ sections
Suppose that $X$ is a Polish (or standard Borel) space and $\omega^\omega$ is the Baire space of all natural number sequences. My question is: If $A\subseteq X\times \omega^\omega$ is a coanalytic set ...
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Can the nowhere dense sets be more complicated than the meager sets?
Suppose $X$ is a completely metrizable space with no isolated points. Let $\mathcal{ND}_X$ denote the ideal of nowhere dense subsets of $X$, and let $\mathcal{M}_X$ denote the ideal of meager subsets ...
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"Compactness length" of Baire space
Intuitively, my question is: how many times do we have to mod out by an closed equivalence relation with all classes compact in order to collapse Baire space $\omega^\omega$ to a singleton?
In more ...
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Two other variants of Arhangel'skii's Problem
This question is a follow up to another question of mine, which turned out to be easy (for background on Arhangel'skii's Problem see Arhangel'skii's problem revisited). Recall that a space is ...
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"weakly functorial resolution" of quasi-compact T_1 topological space by quasi-compact Hausdorff space
I have an arguably weird question: Let $X$ be a quasi-compact $T_1$ topological space, could there be a construction that takes such an $X$ as input and outputs a surjection
$$X' \to X$$
with the ...
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Is the opposite of the category of $\kappa$-Lindelöf Hausdorff spaces locally presentable?
Gelfand duality tells us that the category of compact Hausdorff spaces (with continuous maps as morphisms) is contravariantly equivalent to the category of commutative, unital $C^\ast$-algebras (with $...
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Arhangel'skii's problem revisited
One of the most well-known problems in set-theoretic topology is Arhangel'skii's question of whether there exists a Lindelöf Hausdorff space with "points $G_\delta$" (meaning, every point is ...
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Is "All hyperreal fields $C(\mathbb{R})/M$ are isomorphic" independent of ZFC+$\lnot$CH?
We work in ZFC.
Let $C(X)$ be the ring of continuous functions $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$, and $M$ a maximal ideal. We call $C(X)/M$ a hyperreal field if it's not isomorphic to $\mathbb{R}$.
A field $E$ is ...
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Topology and pcf theory
$\DeclareMathOperator\pcf{pcf}$For simplicity say $\aleph_\omega$ is a strong limit. Let $A=\pcf\{\aleph_n:n\in\omega\}$. Then it follows from basic properties of pcf operation that $X\subseteq A\...
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Can totally inhomogeneous sets of reals coexist with determinacy?
A special case of a theorem of Brian Scott (from On the existence of totally inhomogeneous spaces) is that there is a size-continuum set $S\subset\mathbb{R}$ such that if $x,y\in S$ are distinct then $...
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Can this order relation, defined in terms of all topological spaces, be defined in terms of the reals alone?
Let $K$ be the operator monoid under composition of Kuratowski's $14$ set operators generated by topological closure $k$ and complement $c.$ Kuratowski's 1922 paper gives the poset diagram of the ...
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Do closed subsets of the generalised Cantor space have an analogue of the perfect set property?
For a regular uncountable cardinal $\kappa$, consider $2^\kappa$ with the "less than box topology" (tree topology? Easton/Bounded support topology?) in which basic open sets are of the form $...
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Determinacy coincidence at $\omega_1$: is CH needed?
This is a follow-up to the last part of an old MSE answer of mine. Briefly, an analogue at $\omega_1$ of Steel's equivalence between clopen and open determinacy can be proved assuming $\mathsf{CH}$, ...
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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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Do Grothendieck topoi with enough points satisfy the fan theorem internally?
Fourman and Hylland proved in the 80s that all spatial topoi satisfy the full fan theorem internally, while there are examples of localic topoi that do not satisfy it.
This leads one to conjecture a ...
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Can you fit a $G_\delta$ set between these two sets?
Every subset of $\mathbb N \times \mathbb N$ can be viewed as a relation on $\mathbb N$. The set $\mathcal P(\mathbb N \times \mathbb N)$ of all relations on $\mathbb N$ has a natural topology with ...
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An incomplete characterisation of the Euclidean line?
We say that a metric space $(X, d)$ is a Banakh space if for every $\rho \in \mathbb{R}_{> 0}$ and every $x \in X$, there are
$a,b \in X$ such that $\{y \in X \, \vert \, d(x, y) = \rho\} = \{a, b\}...
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What are the names of the following classes of topological spaces?
The closure of any countable is compact.
The closure of any countable is sequentially compact.
The closure of any countable is pseudocompact.
The closure of any countable is a metric compact set.
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A ZFC example of a star-$K$-Menger space which is not star-$K$-Hurewicz
An open cover $\mathcal U$ of a space $X$ is said to be $\gamma$-cover if $\mathcal U$ is infinite and for each $x\in X$, the set $\{U\in\mathcal U : x\notin U\}$ is finite.
A space $X$ is said to be ...
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A ZFC example of a Menger space which is not Scheepers
$\Omega$: The collection of all $\omega$-covers of a space $X$. An open cover $\mathcal U$ of $X$ is said to be $\omega$-cover if $X\notin\mathcal U$ and for each finite $F\subseteq X$ there exists a $...
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Infinite tensor/Fubini product of ultrafilters
Given an infinite family $\{\mathcal{F}_{\lambda}$, $\lambda <\kappa\}$, $\kappa \geq \omega_0$, of (ultra)filters of a set $X$, how it is defined the infinite tensor/Fubini product $$\bigotimes_{\...
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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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Characterization of the Scheepers property by Scheepers game
$\Omega$: The collection of all $\omega$-covers of a space $X$. An open cover $\mathcal U$ of $X$ is said to be $\omega$-cover if $X\notin\mathcal U$ and for each finite $F\subseteq X$ there exists a $...
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Closed images of linearly ordered spaces
Is there a description of the class of continuous closed images of linearly ordered spaces?
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Which cardinal $\kappa\geq \omega_1$ is critical for the following property...?
Which cardinal $\kappa\geq \omega_1$ is critical for the following property:
Let $X\subset \mathbb R$ and $\kappa>|X|\geq \omega_1$. Then there is an uncountable family $\{X_{\alpha}\}$ such that $...
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Is there a Lusin space $X$ such that ...?
Is there a Lusin space (in the sense Kunen) $X$ such that
$X$ is Tychonoff;
$X$ is a $\gamma$-space ?
Note that if $X$ is metrizable and a $\gamma$-space then it is not Lusin.
In mathematics, a ...
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Is it true that $\mathit{MA}(\omega_1)$ iff $\omega_1<\mathfrak{p}$?
Recall that
$\mathfrak{p}=\min\{|F|: F$ is a subfamily of $[\omega]^{\omega}$ with the sfip which has no infinite pseudo-intersection $\}$.
The cardinal $\mathfrak{q}_0$ defined as the smallest ...
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Is there a countably infinite closed interval in the lattice of topologies?
Is there an interval of the form $[\sigma,\tau]$ in the lattice of topologies on some set $X$ such that $|[\sigma,\tau]| = \aleph_0$?
In other words, do there exist two topologies $\sigma$ and $\tau$ ...
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How “disconnected” can a continuum be?
A continuum is a compact connected metrizable topological space.
Given a cardinal $\kappa$, a topological space $X$ is called $\kappa$-connected if it is not possible to write $X$ as the disjoint ...
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What is the name of the class of topological spaces with the following property ....?
What is the name of the class of topological spaces with the following property $P$ ?
$X\in P$ iff for any open set $W$ in $X$ and any point $x\in \overline{W}\setminus W$ there is an open set $V$ ...
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Is there a hereditary $\sigma$-space $X$ such that it is not $Q$-space?
A topological space $X$ is called a $\sigma$-space if every $F_{\sigma}$-subset of $X$ is $G_{\delta}$.
A topological space $X$ is called a $Q$-space if any subset of $X$ is $F_{\sigma}$.
Definition. ...
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An uncountable Baire γ-space without an isolated point exists?
An open cover $U$ of a space $X$ is:
• an $\omega$-cover if $X$ does not belong to $U$ and every finite subset of $X$ is contained in a member of $U$.
• a $\gamma$-cover if it is infinite and each $x\...
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Every Polish space is the image of the Baire space by a continuous and closed map, reference
The following result was originally proven by Engelking in his 1969 paper On closed images of the space of irrationals (AMS, JSTOR, MR239571, Zbl 0177.25501)
Every Polish space (i.e. every separable ...
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Does Tychonov's theorem directly imply Zorn's lemma?
This question was formerly posted on MSE https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/4578923/ without getting an answer.
I know that Tychonov's theorem, Zorn's lemma, the axiom of choice, the well-...
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How many pairwise non-homeomorphic non-empty closed subsets of the Cantor set are there? [duplicate]
My question is more or less related to basic set theory. But I don't know even that. Apologies if I added the wrong tags.
Motivation: How many non-compact (planar) surfaces are there upto ...
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$\Sigma_*$-product is not $\sigma$-countably compact
In Arhangel'skii's book "Topological function spaces" there is a part where the author uses that, if $\kappa>\omega$ is a cardinal number, then the space $$\Sigma_*(\kappa):=\left\{x\in \...
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Is there a condensation of a closed subset of $\kappa^\omega$ onto $\kappa^\omega\setminus A$ …?
Let $\aleph_1\le\kappa<c$ and $A\subset \kappa^{\omega}$ such that $\lvert A\rvert\le\kappa$.
Is there a condensation (i.e. a bijective continuous mapping) of a closed subset of $\kappa^\omega$ ...
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Steinhaus number of a group
$\newcommand\Sn{\mathit{Sn}}$A subset $A$ of a group $X$ is called algebraic if $A=\{x\in X: a_0xa_1x\dotsm xa_n=1\}$ for some elements $a_0,a_1,\dotsc,a_n\in X$.
Let $\mathcal A_X$ be the family of ...
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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 $...
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What does mean by "$\omega +1$ is convergent sequence"? [closed]
Let $X=\omega +1$ be convergent sequence. Then what does mean by "$X$ is convergent sequence"?
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The smallest cardinality of a cover of a group by algebraic sets
$\DeclareMathOperator\cov{cov}$A subset $A$ of a semigroup $X$ is called algebraic if $$A=\{x\in X: a_0xa_1x...xa_n=b\}$$ for some $b\in X$ and $a_0,a_1,...,a_n \in X^1=X\cup \{1\}$. The smallest ...
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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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