Insertion of lattice-valued and hedgehog-valued functions

Problems of inserting lattice-valued functions are investigated. We provide an analogue of the classical insertion theorem of Lane [Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 49 (1975) 90-94] for L-valued functions where L is a ?-separable completely distributive lattice (i.e. L admits a countable join-dense subset which is free of completely join-irreducible elements). As a corollary we get an L-version of the Katětov-Tong insertion theorem due to Liu and Luo [Topology Appl. 45 (1992) 173-188] (our proof is different and much simpler). We show that ?-separable completely distributive lattices are closed under the formation of countable products. In particular, the Hilbert cube is a ?-separable completely distributive lattice and some join-dense subset is shown to be both order and topologically isomorphic to the hedgehog J(ω) with appropriately defined topology. This done, we deduce an insertion theorem for J(ω)-valued functions which is independent of that of Blair and Swardson [Indian J. Math. 29 (1987) 229-250]. Also, we provide an iff criterion for inserting a pair of semicontinuous function which yields, among others, a characterization of hereditarily normal spaces.     

Extending paired multifunctions

As a rule, the classical Michael-type selection theorems for the existence of single-valued selections are analogues and, in certain respects, generalisations of ordinary extension theorems. In contrast to this, the theorems for the existence of multi-selections deal with natural generalisations of cover properties of topological spaces. This paper continues the study of the latter problem, and its main purpose is to furnish a mapping characterisation of a cover-extension property—the so-called Katětov spaces.     

Urysohn universal space, its development and Hausdorff's approach

Three approaches to a direct construction of Urysohn universal space are compared, namely those of Urysohn, Hausdorff and Katětov. More details are devoted to the unpublished Hausdorff's approach that is shown to work in a more general situation, too.     

EXPONENTIAL LAW AND θ-CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS

Abstract

The category θ-Top of topological spaces and θ-continuous functions is not Cartesian closed; but it is known that under certain local property assumptions, the exponential law in θ-Top is fulfilled. We define a functor from θ-Top to the category of H-θ-topological spaces and prove that in this category the exponential law holds without any local property assumptions. We also provide a functor from θ-Top to Katětov's category of filter-merotopic spaces, which is Cartesian closed.     

General insertion and extension theorems for localic real functions

In this paper we investigate localic real functions on frames. We provide a necessary and sufficient condition for the insertion of a continuous localic real function between two arbitrary comparable localic real functions. We also establish necessary and sufficient conditions for extending a bounded localic real function from a complemented sublocale to the whole frame.     

On Katětov and Katětov–Blass orders on analytic P-ideals and Borel ideals

Minami–Sakai (Arch Math Logic 55(7–8):883–898, 2016) investigated the cofinal types of the Katětov and the Katětov–Blass orders on the family of all \(F_\sigma \) ideals. In this paper we discuss these orders on analytic P-ideals and Borel ideals. We prove the following:

• The family of all analytic P-ideals has the largest element with respect to the Katětov and the Katětov–Blass orders.
• The family of all Borel ideals is countably upward directed with respect to the Katětov and the Katětov–Blass orders.

In the course of the proof of the latter result, we also prove that for any analytic ideal \(\mathcal {I}\) there is a Borel ideal \(\mathcal {J}\) with \(\mathcal {I} \subseteq \mathcal {J}\).

     

Étale groupoids and their quantales

We establish close and previously unknown relations between quantales and groupoids. In particular, to each étale groupoid, either localic or topological, there is associated a unital involutive quantale. We obtain a bijective correspondence between localic étale groupoids and their quantales, which are given a rather simple characterization and here are called inverse quantal frames. We show that the category of inverse quantal frames is equivalent to the category of complete and infinitely distributive inverse monoids, and as a consequence we obtain a (non-functorial) correspondence between these and localic étale groupoids that generalizes more classical results concerning inverse semigroups and topological étale groupoids. This generalization is entirely algebraic and it is valid in an arbitrary topos. As a consequence of these results we see that a localic groupoid is étale if and only if its sublocale of units is open and its multiplication map is semiopen, and an analogue of this holds for topological groupoids. In practice we are provided with new tools for constructing localic and topological étale groupoids, as well as inverse semigroups, for instance via presentations of quantales by generators and relations. The characterization of inverse quantal frames is to a large extent based on a new quantale operation, here called a support, whose properties are thoroughly investigated, and which may be of independent interest.     

An Example of a Fraïssé Class Without a Katětov Functor

We disprove a conjecture from Kubi? and Ma?ulovi? [2] by showing the existence of a Fraïssé class \(\mathcal {C}\) which does not admit a Katětov functor. On the other hand, we show that the automorphism group of the Fraïssé limit of \(\mathcal {C}\) is universal, as it happens in the presence of a Katětov functor.     

On the parallel between normality and extremal disconnectedness

Several familiar results about normal and extremally disconnected (classical or pointfree) spaces shape the idea that the two notions are somehow dual to each other and can therefore be studied in parallel. This paper investigates the source of this ‘duality’ and shows that each pair of parallel results can be framed by the ‘same’ proof. The key tools for this purpose are relative notions of normality, extremal disconnectedness, semicontinuity and continuity (with respect to a fixed class of complemented sublocales of the given locale) that bring and extend to locale theory a variety of well-known classical variants of normality and upper and lower semicontinuities in an illuminating unified manner. This approach allows us to unify under a single localic proof all classical insertion, as well as their corresponding extension results.     

Separating families of locale maps and localic embeddings

We establish the notion of a separating family of locale maps, which is the localic analogue of the topological concept of separating points from closed sets by continuous maps. We then present a localic version of the topological embedding (or diagonal) theorem. Applications to arbitrary locales, zero-dimensional locales, and completely regular locales are given. Using the axiom of choice, we are able to control the number of factors of the target localic products so that it does not exceed the weight of the embeddable locale. Apart from the proofs of results involving the weights of locales, the remaining proofs are valid in topos logic.     

Extremal Prime Filters and Universality of Some Categories

Abstract

Due to the existence of constants, classical topological categories cannot be universal in the sense of containing each concrete category as a full subcategory. In the point-free case, this obstruction vanishes and the question of universality makes sense again. The main problem, namely that as to whether the category of locales and localic morphisms is universal is still open; we prove, however, the universality of the following categories:

- pairs (locale, sublocale) with the localic morphisms preserving the distinguished sublocales,

- frames with frame homomorphisms reflecting the maximal prime ideals,

- Priestley spaces with f-maps preserving the maximal elements.     

The β-space property in monotonically normal spaces and GO-spaces

In this paper we examine the role of the β-space property (equivalently of the MCM-property) in generalized ordered (GO-)spaces and, more generally, in monotonically normal spaces. We show that a GO-space is metrizable iff it is a β-space with a Gδ-diagonal and iff it is a quasi-developable β-space. That last assertion is a corollary of a general theorem that any β-space with a σ-point-finite base must be developable. We use a theorem of Balogh and Rudin to show that any monotonically normal space that is hereditarily monotonically countably metacompact (equivalently, hereditarily a β-space) must be hereditarily paracompact, and that any generalized ordered space that is perfect and hereditarily a β-space must be metrizable. We include an appendix on non-Archimedean spaces in which we prove various results announced without proof by Nyikos.     

Interpolation sets and the Bohr topology of locally compact groups

Rosenthal's theorem describing those Banach spaces containing no copy of ?¹ is extended to topological groups replacing ?¹-basis by interpolation sets in the sense of Hartman and Ryll-Nardzewsky (Colloq. Math. 12 (1964) 23-39). This extension provides a characterization of those locally compact groups containing no interpolation sets and of those locally compact groups which respect compactness, i.e, such that every Bohr compact subset is compact. The approach followed in this paper sheds some light on other questions related to the duality theory of non-Abelian locally compact groups.     

Some Structural Aspects of the Katětov Order on Borel Ideals

We prove that the Katětov order on Borel ideals (1) contains a copy of \(\mathcal {P}(\omega )/\mathbf {Fin}\), consequently it has increasing and decreasing chains of lenght ??; (2) the sequence F i n ^α (α < ω ₁) is a strictly increasing chain; and (3) in the Cohen model, Katětov order does not contain any increasing nor decreasing chain of length ??, answering a question of Hru?ák (2011).     

Cosheaves and connectedness in formal topology

The localic definitions of cosheaves, connectedness and local connectedness are transferred from impredicative topos theory to predicative formal topology. A formal topology is locally connected (has base of connected opens) iff it has a cosheaf π₀ together with certain additional structure and properties that constrain π₀ to be the connected components cosheaf. In the inductively generated case, complete spreads (in the sense of Bunge and Funk) corresponding to cosheaves are defined as formal topologies. Maps between the complete spreads are equivalent to homomorphisms between the cosheaves. A cosheaf is the connected components cosheaf for a locally connected formal topology iff its complete spread is a homeomorphism, and in this case it is a terminal cosheaf.A new, geometric proof is given of the topos-theoretic result that a cosheaf is a connected components cosheaf iff it is a “strongly terminal” point of the symmetric topos, in the sense that it is terminal amongst all the generalized points of the symmetric topos. It is conjectured that a study of sites as “formal toposes” would allow such geometric proofs to be incorporated into predicative mathematics.     

The range of maps on classical insertion theorems

A classical insertion theorem due to Kat??tov?CTong (or Dowker?CKat??tov, Michael) reads that ? can be a test space for the range of maps on the insertion theorem which characterizes the domain to be normal (or normal and countably paracompact, perfectly normal). It is known that the range ? in the Kat??tov?CTong insertion theorem is not necessarily replaced by a non-trivial separable Banach lattice. We show that the range ? in the Dowker?CKat??tov and Michael insertion theorems can be replaced by any non-trivial separable Banach lattice.     

Internal normality and internal compactness

This text contains an example which presents a way to modify any Dowker space to get a normal space X such that X×[0,1] is not κ-normal, and a theorem implying the existence of a non-Tychonoff space which is internally compact in a larger regular space. It gives answers to several questions by Arhangel'skii [A.V. Arhangel'skii, Relative normality and dense subspaces, Topology Appl. 123 (2002) 27-36].     

Arzelà-Ascoli theorem via the Wallman compactification

In the paper, we recall the Wallman compactification of a Tychonoff space T (denoted by Wall(T)) and the contribution made by Gillman and Jerison. Motivated by the Gelfand-Naimark theorem, we investigate the homeomorphism between C^b(T), the space of continuous and bounded functions on T , and C(Wall(T)), the space of continuous functions on the Wallman compactification of T. Along the way, we attempt to justify the advantages of the Wallman compactification over other manifestations of the Stone-?ech compactification. The main result of the paper is a new form of the Arzelà-Ascoli theorem, which introduces the concept of equicontinuity along ω-ultrafilters.