Monotone versions of \(\delta \)-normality (Q1030209)

All topological spaces are assumed to be both \(T_1\) and regular. According to Mack a space is countably paracompact if and only if its product with the closed unit interval \([0,1]\) is \(\delta\)-normal, that is any two disjoint closed sets, one of which is a regular \(G_\delta\)-set, can be separated by open sets. Several known studies on monotone versions of countable paracompactness lead the authors to consider various monotone versions of \(\delta\)-normality. They investigate how these properties relate to each other and prove, in particular, a factorization of monotone normality in terms of monotone \(\delta\)-normality and a weak property that is satisfied in monotonically normal spaces and in first-countable Tychonoff spaces. Furthermore they discuss the productivity of these properties with a compact metrizable space.