First countable pseudocompactifications (Q1060455)

A general construction for creating first countable pseudo-compact extensions of certain spaces is given. We show that there exists a first countable \(\sigma\)-compact space with no first countable pseudocompactification. We construct a new Suslinean example, namely, a first countable, pseudocompact, ccc, non-separable space. Assuming Martin's axiom, we can further achieve a point-countable base. A second application is to unify and clarify examples of \textit{B. Scott} [Topology Proc. 4, No.2, 577-587 (1979; Zbl 0449.54020)] and \textit{W. S. Watson} [A pseudocompact meta-Lindelöf space which is not compact (to appear)] of pseudocompact, meta-Lindelöf and point-countable base non-compact spaces.