Conceptual proofs of the Menger and Rothberger games

DOI10.1016/J.TOPOL.2019.107048zbMATH Open1433.91038arXiv1904.02736OpenAlexW2996864564WikidataQ113862551 ScholiaQ113862551MaRDI QIDQ2295640FDOQ2295640

Authors: P. Szewczak, Boaz Tsaban 

Publication date: 14 February 2020

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

Abstract: We provide conceptual proofs of the two most fundamental theorems concerning topological games and open covers: Hurewicz's Theorem concerning the Menger game, and Pawlikowski's Theorem concerning the Rothberger game.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1904.02736

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zbMATH Keywords

selection principlestopological gamesMenger propertyRothberger property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Games involving topology, set theory, or logic (91A44) Noncompact covering properties (paracompact, Lindelöf, etc.) (54D20) Foundations: limits and generalizations, elementary topology of the line (26A03)

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