Compact-covering \(cs\)-images of metric spaces (Q5936394)

Let \(f: X\to Y\) be a continuous and onto mapping. \(f\) is called a \(cs\)-mapping if for any compact subset \(C\) of \(Y\), \(f^{-1}(C)\) is separable in \(X\). \textit{Zhibin Qu} and \textit{Zhimin Gao} proved that a space with a compact-countable closed \(k\)-network is a compact-covering \(cs\)-image of a metric space [Math. Jap. 49, No. 2, 199-205 (1999; Zbl 0927.54031)]. This result gives only a sufficient condition. The present paper contributes to the problem of characterizing compact-covering \(cs\)-images of metric spaces. The main result is that a Hausdorff space \(X\) is a compact-covering \(cs\)-image of a metric space if and only if \(X\) has a compact-countable \(cfp\)-network.