The orderability of nonarchimedean spaces (Q791919)

Let X be a nonarchimedean space and C be the union of all compact open subsets of X. The following conditions are listed in increasing order of generality. (Conditions 2 and 3 are equivalent.) (1) X is perfect; (2) C is an \(F_{\sigma}\) in X; (3) \(\bar C\) is metrizable; (4) X is orderable. It is also shown that X is orderable if \(\bar C\)-C is scattered or X is a GO-space with countably many pseudogaps. An example is given of a non-orderable, totally disconnected, GO-space with just one pseudogap.