Metrizability of minimal and unbounded topologies

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Abstract: In 1987, I. Labuda proved a general representation theorem that, as a special case, shows that the topology of local convergence in measure is the minimal topology on Orlicz spaces and Linfty. Minimal topologies connect with the recent, and actively studied, subject of "unbounded convergences". In fact, a Hausdorff locally solid topology au on a vector lattice X is minimal iff it is Lebesgue and the au and unbounded au-topologies agree. In this paper, we study metrizability, submetrizability, and local boundedness of the unbounded topology, uau, associated to au on X. Regarding metrizability, we prove that if au is a locally solid metrizable topology then uau is metrizable iff there is a countable set A with overlineI(A)au=X. We prove that a minimal topology is metrizable iff X has the countable sup property and a countable order basis. In line with the idea that uo-convergence generalizes convergence almost everywhere, we prove relations between minimal topologies and uo-convergence that generalize classical relations between convergence almost everywhere and convergence in measure.


Given a locally solid topology \(\tau\) on a vector lattice \(X\), one can associate a topology \(u\tau\) in the following way. Let \(\{U_i\}_{i\in I}\) be a base at zero for \(\tau\) consisting of solid sets. If \(U_{i, u}:=\{x\in X:\;|x|\wedge u\in U_i\}\) for each \(i\in I\) and \(u\in X_+\), then the collection \(\mathcal N_0 = \{U_{i,u} : \;i\in I,\;u\in X_+\}\) is a base of neighbourhoods at zero for a new locally solid topology, denoted by \(u\tau\), and referred to as the unbounded \(\tau\)-topology. A Hausdorff locally solid topology \(\tau\) on a vector lattice \(X\) is said to be minimal if there is no coarser Hausdorff locally solid topology on \(X\). There is a connection between minimal topologies and unbounded topologies. Precisely, a Hausdorff locally solid topology \(\tau\) on a vector lattice \(X\) is minimal iff it is Lebesgue and the \(\tau\) and unbounded \(\tau\)-topologies agree. In the paper under review, the authors study metrizability, submetrizability, and local boundedness of the unbounded topology \(u\tau\) associated to a given locally solid topology \(\tau\) on a vector lattice \(X\). In particular, the authors prove that, if \(\tau\) is a locally solid metrizable topology, then \(u\tau\) is metrizable iff there is a countable set \(A\) such tat \(\overline{I(A)}^\tau = X\). They also prove that a minimal topology is metrizable iff \(X\) has the countable sup property and a countable order basis. Moreover, they prove relations between minimal topologies and \(uo\)-convergence that generalize classical relations between convergence almost everywhere and convergence in measure.











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