Covering by discrete and closed discrete sets

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2008.09.009MaRDI QIDQ1005167zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Santi Spadaro

Publication date 6 March 2009

Published in Topology and its Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0809.1872

zbMATH Keywords

\(\sigma\)-spaceBaire spacedis\((X)\)Dispersion characterLOTSMoore space

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Cardinality properties (cardinal functions and inequalities, discrete subsets) (54A25) (p)-spaces, (M)-spaces, (sigma)-spaces, etc. (54E18) Moore spaces (54E30) Baire category, Baire spaces (54E52) Linearly ordered topological spaces, generalized ordered spaces, and partially ordered spaces (54F05)

Abstract: Say that a cardinal number $kappa$ is emph{small} relative to the space $X$ if $kappa<Delta(X)$, where $Delta(X)$ is the least cardinality of a non-empty open set in $X$. We prove that no Baire metric space can be covered by a small number of discrete sets, and give some generalizations. We show a ZFC example of a regular Baire $sigma$-space and a consistent example of a normal Baire Moore space which can be covered by a small number of discrete sets. We finish with some remarks on linearly ordered spaces.

Review text

For a space \(X\), dis\((X)\) denotes the smallest infinite cardinal \(\kappa\) such that \(X\) can be covered by \(\kappa\) many discrete subspaces, and \(\Delta(X)\) is the smallest cardinality of a non-empty open set in \(X\). \textit{I. Juhász} and \textit{Z. Szentmiklóssy} [Topology Appl. 155, 2102--2104 (2008; Zbl 1155.54007)] asked if dis\((X) \geq \Delta(X)\) for any compactum \(X\). The author investigates this inequality for Baire spaces and shows that it is true for two classes of such spaces; one of them contains Baire metric spaces, and the other paracompact Baire \(\sigma\)-spaces. However, there are Baire spaces \(X\) such that dis\((X) < \Delta(X)\). Several related questions are posed.

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