On sequences of finitely supported measures related to the Josefson--Nissenzweig theorem

Abstract: Given a Tychonoff space

X

, we call a sequence

l a n g l e m u_{n} c o l o n n i n o m e g a a n g l e

of signed Borel measures on

X

a finitely supported Josefson--Nissenzweig sequence (in short a JN-sequence) if: 1) for every

n i n o m e g a

the measure

m u_{n}

is a finite combination of one-point measures and

| m u_{n} | = 1

, and 2)

i n t_{X} f, m a t h r m d m u_{n} o 0

for every continuous function

f i n C (X)

. Our main result asserts that if a Tychonoff space

X

admits a JN-sequence, then there exists a JN-sequence

l a n g l e m u_{n} c o l o n n i n o m e g a a n g l e

such that: i)

m b o x s u p p (m u_{n}) c a p m b o x s u p p (m u_{k}) = e m p t y s e t

for every

n e q k i n o m e g a

, and ii) the union

is a discrete subset of

X

. We also prove that if a Tychonoff space

X

carries a JN-sequence, then either there is a JN-sequence

l a n g l e m u_{n} c o l o n n i n o m e g a a n g l e

on

X

such that

| m b o x s u p p (m u_{n}) | = 2

for every

n i n o m e g a

, or for every JN-sequence

l a n g l e m u_{n} c o l o n n i n o m e g a a n g l e

on

X

we have

l i m_{n o i n f t y} | m b o x s u p p (m u_{n}) | = i n f t y

.

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