Symmetric products and closed finite-to-one mappings (Q1688200)

This extensive article contains various theorems of the following forms:\newline (1) If \(f: X\to Y\) is a finite-to-one map and \(X\) has property \(\mathcal P\), then \(Y\) has property \(\mathcal P\),\newline (2) \(X\) has property \(\mathcal P\) iff \(\mathcal F_n(X)\) has property \(\mathcal P\) for some/all \(n\in \mathbb N\), where \(\mathcal F_n(X)\) is the \(n\)-fold symmetric product of \(X\). In particular, the properties \(\mathcal P\) that are being considered are properties that generalize metrizability.