a Department of Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Karlovassi 83200, Samos, Greece b Department of Statistics and Actuarial-Financial Mathematics, University of the Aegean, Karlovassi 83200, Samos, Greece
Abstract:
We show that two versions of a first countable topological space which are equivalent in ZFC set theory split in the absence of the Axiom of Choice AC. This answers in the negative a related question from Gutierres “What is a first countable space?”.