Topological spaces compact with respect to a set of filters

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Abstract: If mathcalP is a family of filters over some set I, a topological space X is emph{sequencewise mathcalP-�rfrt compact} if, for every I-indexed sequence of elements of X, there is FinmathcalP such that the sequence has an F-limit point. Countable compactness, sequential compactness, initial kappa-compactness, [lambda,mu]-compactness, the Menger and Rothberger properties can all be expressed in terms of sequencewise mathcalP-compactness, for appropriate choices of mathcalP. We show that sequencewise mathcalP-compactness is preserved under taking products if and only if there is a filter FinmathcalP such that sequencewise mathcalP-compactness is equivalent to F-compactness. If this is the case, and there exists a sequencewise mathcalP-compact T1 topological space with more than one point, then F is necessarily an ultrafilter. The particular cases of sequential compactness and of [lambda,mu]-compactness are analyzed in detail.


Let \(X\) be a topological space, \(\mathcal P\) a family of filters over a set \(I\). \(X\) is said to be sequencewise \(\mathcal P\)-compact if for each sequence \((x_i)_{i\in I}\) there is \(F\in\mathcal P\) such that \((x_i)_{i\in I}\) \(F\)-converges to a point \(x \in X\) (i.e. for each neighbourhood \(U\) of \(x\), \(\{i\in I:x_i \in U\} \in F\)). Several kinds of compactness (as sequential compactness, countable compactness, initial \(\kappa\)-compactness) and its generalizations (the Menger and Rothberger covering properties) can be described as special cases of sequencewise \(\mathcal P\)-compactness. For a family \(\mathcal P\) of filters \(X^{|\mathcal P|}\) is sequencewise \(\mathcal P\)-compact if and only if \(\mathcal P\) contains at least one ultrafilter. So, sequencewise \(\mathcal P\)-compactness is equivalent to sequential compactness implies that \(\mathcal P\) contains no an ultrafilter. Sequencewise compactness in products is also studied.











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