Three-point sets

DOI10.1016/S0166-8641(99)00232-1MaRDI QIDQ5937497zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Khalid Bouhjar, Jan J. Dijkstra, Jan van Mill

Publication date 4 November 2001

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0166-8641(99)00232-1

zbMATH Keywords

\(F_\sigma\)-set\(n\)-point setarccontinuumplanar setthree-point set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Subspaces in general topology (54B05) Dimension theory in general topology (54F45) Topological spaces of dimension (leq 1); curves, dendrites (54F50) Descriptive set theory (topological aspects of Borel, analytic, projective, etc. sets) (54H05)

Review text

A planar set is called an \(n\)-point set (partial \(n\)-point set) if each line intersects the set in exactly \(n\) points (in at most \(n\)-points). It is known that \(n\)-point sets exist whenever \(n\geq 2\) is a natural number. It is an open problem whether there are some Borel \(n\)-point sets. The authors prove that no three-point set contains an arc. As a consequence they obtain that there is no \(F_\sigma\) three-point set. The proofs are done using nice elementary geometrical arguments. It is further proved that any partial \(n\)-point set can be extended to a \(k\)-point set whenever \(n\geq 2\) and \(k\geq n+2\). In particular, there is a four-point set containing a circle. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEThe authors ask whether any three-point set is zero-dimensional. This question was answered in the positive by \textit{D. L. Fearnley, L. Fearnley} and \textit{J. W. Lamoreaux} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 131, 2241-2245 (2003; Zbl 1023.54014)]. NEWLINENEWLINENEWLINEAs remarked in the note added in the proof, \textit{K. Bouhjar, J. J. Djikstra} and \textit{R. D. Mauldin} [Proc. Am. Math. Soc. 129, 621-622 (2001; Zbl 0959.54024)] showed that no \(n\)-point set for any \(n\geq 2\) is \(F_\sigma\).

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• On the dimension of n-point sets
• Partial \(n\)-point sets and zero-dimensionality
• A Cantor set in \(\mathbb R^d\) with ``large projections
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• A Four-Point Set That Cannot Be Split
• Curves which Intersect Lines in Finite Sets
• ON SETS THAT MEET EVERY HYPERPLANE IN n-SPACE IN AT MOST n POINTS
• No 𝑛-point set is 𝜎-compact
• Every three-point set is zero dimensional
• A triple-point Whitney trick
• Homeomorphisms of two-point sets
• On intersections of Mazurkiewicz type sets with plane algebraic curves
• Dimensions of strong n-point sets
• n-point sets and graphs of functions

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