On Borel \sigma-algebras of topologies generated by two-point selections

Abstract: A two-point selection on a set

X

is a function

f : [X]^{2} o X

such that

f (F) i n F

for every

F i n [X]^{2}

. It is known that every two-point selection

f : [X]^{2} o X

induced a topology

a u_{f}

on

X

by using the relation:

x l e q y

if either

f (x, y) = x

or

x = y

, for every

x, y i n X

. We are mainly concern with the two-point selections on the real line

m a t h b b R

. In this paper, we study the

s i g m a

-algebras of Borel, each one denoted by

m a t h c a l B_{f} (m a t h b b R)

, of the topologies

a u_{f}

's defined by a two-point selection

f

on

m a t h b b R

. We prove that the assumption

m a t h f r a k c = 2^{< m a t h f r a k c}

implies the existence of a family

f_{u} : u < 2^{m} a t h f r a k c

of two-point selections on

m a t h b b R

such that

m a t h c a l B_{f_{m} u} (m a t h b b R) e q m a t h c a l B_{f_{u}} (m a t h b b R)

for distinct

m u, u < 2^{m} a t h f r a k c

. By assuming that

m a t h f r a k c = 2^{< m a t h f r a k c}

and

m a t h f r a k c

is regular, we also show that there are

2^{2^{m} a t h f r a k c}

many

s i g m a

-algebras on

m a t h b b R

that contain

[m a t h b b R]^{l e q o m e g a}

and none of them is the

s i g m a

-algebra of Borel of

a u_{f}

for any two-point selection

f : [m a t h b b R]^{2} o m a t h b b R

. Several examples are given to illustrate some properties of these Borel

s i g m a

-algebras.

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