Resolvability of spaces having small spread or extent (Q857044)

Given a cardinal number \(\kappa > 1\), a topological space \(X\) is said to be \(\kappa\)-resolvable if it contains \(\kappa\) many pairwise disjoint dense subspaces. \(\Delta(X)\)-resolvable spaces are called maximally resolvable; \(\Delta(X)\) is the dispersion character of \(X\), the minimal cardinality of a non-empty open subset of \(X\). \textit{O. Pavlov} [Topology Appl. 126, 37--47 (2002; Zbl 1012.54004)] proved that a \(T_1\)-space \(X\) is maximally resolvable if it satisfies \(\Delta(X) > ps(X)\) and a regular space \(X\) with \(\Delta(X) > pe(X)\) is \(\omega\)-resolvable, where \(ps(X)\) (resp. \(pe(X)\)) is the minimal successor cardinal number such that \(X\) has no discrete (resp. closed discrete) subspace of that cardinality. In this paper the authors define two cardinal invariants of a space \(X\), \(rs(X) \leq ps(X)\) and \(\hat{e}(X) \leq pe(X)\), as the smallest uncountable regular (resp. infinite) cardinal such that \(X\) has no discrete (resp. closed discrete) subspace of that cardinality, and show: (1) a space \(X\) with \(\Delta(X) \geq rs(X)\) is maximally resolvable, and (2) a regular space \(X\) with \(\Delta (X) > \hat{e}(X)\) is \(\omega\)-resolvable.