\(\beta\)-connectedness and \(\mathcal S\)-connectedness of topological spaces (Q2853207)

The author considers the following open-like sets in a topological space \(X\): \(\alpha\)-open, semi-open, preopen, \(b\)-open and \(\beta\)-open = semi-preopen, and the corresponding closure operators. Different notions of connectedness are defined when in the usual definition of connectedness, open sets are replaced with two members from one or two of the above collections of open-like sets. Characterizations of these notions of connectedness are given by means of closure operators and it is proved that some types coincide. Preservation under surjections of these connectedness-like properties is studied as well.