A convenient subcategory of Tych (Q702203)

A map \(f:X\to Y\) between Hausdorff topological spaces is called \(k\)-continuous if its restriction \(f| _K\) to every compact subspace \(K\) of \(X\) is continuous. Moreover \(X\) is called a \(k_R\)-space if every \(k\)-continuous function from \(X\) to a Tychonoff space is continuous. In this paper the author investigates the category of Tychonoff \(k_R\)-spaces. He shows that it is Cartesian closed (thus convenient in the sense of \textit{O. Wyler} [General Topology Appl. 3, 225--242 (1973; Zbl 0264.54018)]). He argues that in many respects the investigated category is as good as the well-known category of Hausdorff \(k\)-spaces (e.g. contains all the metrizable and locally compact spaces) and that the latter well-known category behaves very poorly with respect to the Tychonoff property.