Asymptotic compactness in topological spaces (Q2218664)

The article elaborates on some notions of general topology related to compactness. A net of subsets \((X_i)_{i \in I}\) of \(X\) is called \textit{asymptotically compact} roughly if for every subnet indexed by \(J\) and any choice of points \(x_j \in X_j\), the net \((x_j)_{j \in J}\) has a convergent subnet. The net \((X_i)\) is called \textit{limit compact} if it converges in some mild form (the sets \(X_i\) are contained in an arbitrary neighborhood for sufficiently large indices \(i\)) to its limit set \(L(X_i)_{i \in I}\) and \(L(X_i)_{i \in I}\) is compact. In uniform spaces, asymptotic compactness is proven to be equivalent to limit compactness. The authors also provide sequential versions of the previous general definitions and statements.