Pointwise convergence of partial functions: the Gerlits-Nagy problem

DOI10.1016/J.AIM.2012.09.017zbMATH Open1271.54056arXiv1112.2373OpenAlexW2083300227MaRDI QIDQ1929199FDOQ1929199

Boaz Tsaban, Tal Orenshtein

Publication date: 7 January 2013

Published in: Advances in Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: For a set $XsbstR$, let $B(X)sbst{R}^X$ denote the space of Borel real-valued functions on $X$, with the topology inherited from the Tychonoff product $R^X$. Assume that for each countable $AsbstB(X)$, each $f$ in the closure of $A$ is in the closure of $A$ under pointwise limits of sequences of partial functions. We show that in this case, $B(X)$ is countably Fr'echet--Urysohn, that is, each point in the closure of a countable set is a limit of a sequence of elements of that set. This solves a problem of Arnold Miller. The continuous version of this problem is equivalent to a notorious open problem of Gerlits and Nagy. Answering a question of Salvador Herna'ndez, we show that the same result holds for the space of all Baire class 1 functions on $X$. We conjecture that, in the general context, the answer to the continuous version of this problem is negative, but we identify a nontrivial context where the problem has a positive solution. The proofs establish new local-to-global correspondences, and use methods of infinite-combinatorial topology, including a new fusion result of Francis Jordan.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1112.2373

zbMATH Keywords

pointwise convergenceselection principlescovering propertiessequential closureBorel coversBaire class 1 functions[https://portal.mardi4nfdi.de/w/index.php?title=+Special%3ASearch&search=Fr%EF%BF%BD%EF%BF%BDchet-Urysohn+spaces&go=Go Fr��chet-Urysohn spaces]Gerlits-Nagy problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Convergence in general topology (sequences, filters, limits, convergence spaces, nets, etc.) (54A20) Function spaces in general topology (54C35) Applications of set theory (03E75)

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• Ideal approach to convergence in functional spaces
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• Function spaces and the Gerlits-Nagy \(\delta\)-property

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