From subcompact to domain representable (Q890068)

\textit{J. de Groot} [Nederl. Akad. Wet., Proc., Ser. A 66, 761--767 (1963; Zbl 0118.17901)] calls a completely regular space \(X\) \textit{subcompact} if it has an open base \(\mathcal B\) with the property that every regular open filter base from \(\mathcal B\) has nonempty intersection. In the paper under review, the authors present two generalizations of subcompactness, the first of which they call \textit{generalized subcompactness}. They prove that generalized subcompactness implies domain representability and that the second generalization of subcompactness is equivalent to domain representability. Then they give criteria on a domain \(P\) which imply that \(\max\,P\) is generalized subcompact and present an example of a domain representable space \(X\) which is not subcompact. More results are obtained -- for example, Čech complete generalized ordered spaces are subcompact. Further, they discuss situations in which domain representable spaces are generalized subcompact and investigate whether \(G_\delta\) subspaces of subcompact (resp. generalized subcompact, domain representable) spaces are subcompact (resp. generalized subcompact, domain representable). The paper closes with a list of eleven interesting open problems.