Absolute F_ spaces

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Abstract: We prove that hereditarily Lindel"of space which is Fsigmadelta in some compactification is absolutely Fsigmadelta. In particular, this implies that any separable Banach space is absolutely Fsigmadelta when equipped with the weak topology.


A~completely regular topological space~\(X\) is said to be an~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~space, if there exists a compactification \(cX\) of~\(X\) such that \(X\) is an \(F_{\sigma\delta}\) subset of~\(cX\). \(X\)~is said to be an absolute \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~space, if \(X\)~is an \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~in every compactification of~\(X\). \textit{Z. Frolík} [Czech. Math. J. 13(88), 335--359 (1963; Zbl 0149.40303)] asked about a~description of the class of completely regular spaces which are absolutely~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\). Later Talagrand found an example of an \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~space that is not absolutely~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\). Frolík's problem is still open and in the paper under the review the authors consider the following two variants of this problem: 1.~Among all \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~spaces describe those which are absolutely~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\). 2.~Given an \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~space~\(X\) describe the compactifications of~\(X\) in which \(X\)~is \(F_{\sigma\delta}\). The authors partially answer these questions. They prove that if \(X\) is \(F_{\sigma\delta}\) in a~compactification \(cX\), then it is \(F_{\sigma\delta}\) in all larger compactifications and in all compactifications which are not much smaller than \(cX\). They find a~sufficient condition for a~space to be absolutely \(F_{\sigma\delta}\). Applying this result they prove that hereditarily Lindelöf \(F_{\sigma\delta}\)~spaces are absolutely~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\) and that separable Banach spaces are absolutely~\(F_{\sigma\delta}\) in the weak topology.











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