Generalized metric properties on hyperspaces with the Vietoris topology (Q2135986)

The paper investigates the hyperspace of the compact subsets, as well as of the finite subsets of a \(T_3\)-space \(X\) endowed with the Vietoris topology having subbase elements that hit open subsets of \(X\), and miss closed subsets of \(X\), respectively. Characterizations of the hyperspaces possessing various generalized metric properties in terms of properties of the base space \(X\) are provided; the properties include having a point-countable base, having a \(\sigma\)-hereditarily closure-preserving \(k\)-network, having a base of countable order, having a point-regular base, being a Nagata-space, \(c\)-semi-stratifiable space, \(\gamma\)-space, semi-metrizable space, respectively.