o-boundedness of free topological groups

Publication date 15 December 2009

Abstract: Assuming the absence of Q-points (which is consistent with ZFC) we prove that the free topological group

F (X)

over a Tychonov space

X

is

o

-bounded if and only if every continuous metrizable image

T

of

X

satisfies the selection principle

U_{f i n} (O, O m e g a)

(the latter means that for every sequence

< u_{n} >_{n i n w}

of open covers of

T

there exists a sequence

< v_{n} >_{n i n w}

such that

v_{n} i n [u_{n}]^{< w}

and for every

F i n [X]^{< w}

there exists

n i n w

with

F s u b s e t c u p v_{n}

). This characterization gives a consistent answer to a problem posed by C. Hernandes, D. Robbie, and M. Tkachenko in 2000.

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