Tightness of paracompact k-spaces and sequential paracompactness of \(F_{\sigma}\)-sets in product spaces (Q921650)

Let \({\mathcal F}\) be a class of spaces in which every \(F_{\sigma}\)-set is a countably paracompact space. The main result is the following theorem: Let X be a paracompact k-space; then the following conditions are equivalent: (1) the tightness of \(X\leq {\mathfrak m}\); (2) \(X\times Y\in {\mathcal F}\) for each normal \({\mathfrak m}\)-bounded space Y; (3) \(X\times \Sigma_{{\mathfrak m}}\{\{0,1\}_{\lambda}:\lambda\) \(<\) \({\mathfrak m}^+\}\in {\mathcal F}\).