Orderability of topological spaces with a connected linear base (Q1335975)

Let \(X\) be a topological space and \({\mathcal B}\) some system of its subsets. A string in \({\mathcal B}\) is a finite sequence \((U_1, U_2, \dots, U_n)\) of elements of \({\mathcal B}\) such that \(U_i\cap U_{i+1} \neq\emptyset\) for \(i=1, 2, \dots, n-1\). If \(a,b\in X\), \(a\neq b\), denote \({\mathcal B} L(a, b)= \{x\in X\); there exists a string \((U_1, \dots, U_n)\) in \({\mathcal B}\) such that \(\{a, x\} \subseteq \bigcup U_i\), \(b\not\in \bigcup U_i\}\). The system \({\mathcal B}\) is called connected if the closure of \({\mathcal B} L(a, b)\) contains \(b\) for any \(a,b\in \bigcup{\mathcal B}\), \(a\neq b\). One of the results of the paper is that every base of a connected \(T_1\)-space is connected. Further, the system \({\mathcal B}\) is called linear if it satisfies the conditions: (1) if \(B_1, B_2\in {\mathcal B}\), \(B_1\cap B_2\neq \emptyset\), then \(B_1\cup B_2\in {\mathcal B}\); (2) if \(B_1, B_2, B_3\in {\mathcal B}\), \(B_i\cap B_j\neq \emptyset\) for any \(i,j\in \{1, 2, 3\}\), then \(B_i\cap B_j \subseteq B_k\) for some permutation \((i,j, k)\) of \((1, 2, 3)\) (in [\textit{D. Noll}, Fundam. Math. 130, No. 2, 113-123 (1988; Zbl 0664.54019)], the term ``linear basis'' is used in a slightly different sense). The main result of a paper is the following one: A \(T_1\)-space is homeomorphic with a dense subset of a connected totally ordered space (i.e. a chain with the order topology) if and only if it has a connected linear base.