On Borel sets with small cover: A problem of M. Laczkovich (Q1308828)

The author answers in the affirmative the following question posed by M. Laczkovich: Is it true that a Borel set \(H\subset\mathbb{R}\) cannot be covered by zero measure \({\mathcal F}_ \sigma\) set if and only if \(H\) is residual in a closed set metrically dense in itself? Moreover, it is shown that the equivalence of the two properties in question holds also for analytic sets.