A characterization of closed s-images of metric spaces (Q1101994)

We recall that a cover \({\mathcal P}\) of a space X is called a K-network if, whenever \(K\subset U\) with K compact and U open in X, then \(K\subset \cup {\mathcal P}'\subset U\) for some finite \({\mathcal P}'\subset {\mathcal P}\). A space X is called an \(\aleph\)-space if it has a \(\sigma\)-locally finite k- network. The authors show that every closed s-image of a metric space is an \(\aleph\)-space. (This in an affirmative answer to a question posed in \textit{Y. Tanaka} in Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 59, 149-155 Zbl 0336.54026)]. They also show that the following (a), (b), and (c) are equivalent for a regular space X. (a) X is a Fréchet \(\alpha\)-space; (b) X is the closed s-image of a metric space; (c) X is a Fréchet space with a point- countable, \(\sigma\)-closure preserving closed k-network.