Strongly Hewitt spaces (Q1348242)

Denote by \(X^*\) the Stone-Čech remainder \((\beta X\setminus X)\) of a space \(X\). A space \(X\) is called a Hewitt space if for every point \(x\) in \(X^*\) there exists \(f\in C(\beta X)\) which is positive on \(X\) and \(f(x)=0\). A space \(X\) is called a strongly Hewitt space if for every sequence \(\{x_n\}\) in \(X^*\) there exists \(f\in C(\beta X)\) which is positive on \(X\) and vanishes on some subsequence of \(\{x_n\}\). In this paper, strong Hewitt spaces are investigated and some applications to spaces of continuous functions are obtained. The main results are that a space \(X\) is strongly Hewitt if and only if it is Hewitt and \(X^*\) is countably compact, and that the space \(C_c(X, E)\) of continuous functions with compact-open topology defined on a locally compact space \(X\) into a metrizable locally convex space \(E\) is Baire-like and bornological if and only if \(E\) is barrelled and \(X\) is Hewitt.