Rings of real functions in pointfree topology

This paper deals with the algebra F(L) of real functions on a frame L and its subclasses LSC(L) and USC(L) of, respectively, lower and upper semicontinuous real functions. It is well known that F(L) is a lattice-ordered ring; this paper presents explicit formulas for its algebraic operations which allow to conclude about their behaviour in LSC(L) and USC(L).As applications, idempotent functions are characterized and previous pointfree results about strict insertion of functions are significantly improved: general pointfree formulations that correspond exactly to the classical strict insertion results of Dowker and Michael regarding, respectively, normal countably paracompact spaces and perfectly normal spaces are derived.The paper ends with a brief discussion concerning the frames in which every arbitrary real function on the α-dissolution of the frame is continuous.     

Ideals associated with realcompactness in pointfree function rings

Abstract

Let RL denote the ring of continuous real-valued functions on a com- pletely regular frame L. The support of an α ∈ RL is the closed quotient ↑(coz α)?. We show that if supports are coz-quotients in L, then the set of functions with realcompact support is an ideal. If L satisfies the stronger condition that supports are C-quotients, then this ideal is the intersection of pure parts of the free maximal ideals of RL. The set of functions whose cozeroes are realcompact is always an ideal, which is free if and only if L is locally realcompact if and only if L is (isomorphic to) an open quotient of υL. Further, this ideal is prime if and only if it is a free real maximal ideal if and only if υL → L is a one-point extension of L.     

Some new characterizations of pointfree pseudocompactness

Abstract

By [3], a frame L is pseudocompact iff every ??-sequence in L joining to the top terminates. Here it is shown, for any completely regular L, that pseudocompactness is also equivalent to (i) the analogous condition for ?-sequences, (ii) the countable almost compactness of L, (iii) the almost compactness of CozL as a σ-frame and (iv) the condition that every countably based proper filter in L clusters. Further we establish the zero-dimensional counterparts of the above, concerning the integer valued notion of pseudocompactness. Finally, we add to this a characterization of pseudocompactness in terms of uniformities.     

Classes defined by stars and neighbourhood assignments

We apply and develop an idea of E. van Douwen used to define D-spaces. Given a topological property P, the class P^∗ dual to P (with respect to neighbourhood assignments) consists of spaces X such that for any neighbourhood assignment there is Y⊂X with Y∈P and . We prove that the classes of compact, countably compact and pseudocompact are self-dual with respect to neighbourhood assignments. It is also established that all spaces dual to hereditarily Lindelöf spaces are Lindelöf. In the second part of this paper we study some non-trivial classes of pseudocompact spaces defined in an analogous way using stars of open covers instead of neighbourhood assignments.     

Every scattered space is subcompact

We prove that every scattered space is hereditarily subcompact and any finite union of subcompact spaces is subcompact. It is a long-standing open problem whether every ?ech-complete space is subcompact. Moreover, it is not even known whether the complement of every countable subset of a compact space is subcompact. We prove that this is the case for linearly ordered compact spaces as well as for ω  -monolithic compact spaces. We also establish a general result for Tychonoff products of discrete spaces which implies that dense _Gδ$G_{\delta }$-subsets of Cantor cubes are subcompact.     

Factorization properties of paratopological groups

In this article we continue the study of R$\mathbb{R}$-factorizability in paratopological groups. It is shown that: (1) all concepts of R$\mathbb{R}$-factorizability in paratopological groups coincide; (2) a Tychonoff paratopological group G   is R$\mathbb{R}$-factorizable if and only if it is totally ω  -narrow and has property ω-QU$\omega \text{-}\mathit{QU}$; (3) every subgroup of a _T1$T_1$ paratopological group G   is R$\mathbb{R}$-factorizable provided that the topological group G^?$G^{?}$ associated to G is a Lindelöf Σ-space, i.e., G is a totally Lindelöf Σ-space  ; (4) if Π=_∏i∈IGi$\Pi ={\prod }_{i\in I}{G}_i$ is a product of _T1$T_1$ paratopological groups which are totally Lindelöf Σ-spaces, then each dense subgroup of Π   is R$\mathbb{R}$-factorizable. These results answer in the affirmative several questions posed earlier by M. Sanchis and M. Tkachenko and by S. Lin and L.-H. Xie.     

The structure of Valdivia compact lines

We study linearly ordered spaces which are Valdivia compact in their order topology. We find an internal characterization of these spaces and we present a counter-example disproving a conjecture posed earlier by the first author. The conjecture asserted that a compact line is Valdivia compact if its weight does not exceed ℵ₁, every point of uncountable character is isolated from one side and every closed first countable subspace is metrizable. It turns out that the last condition is not sufficient. On the other hand, we show that the conjecture is valid if the closure of the set of points of uncountable character is scattered. This improves an earlier result of the first author.     

Tightness relative to some (co)reflections in topology

We address what might be termed the reverse reflection problem: given a monoreflection from a category A onto a subcategory B, when is a given object B ∈ B the reflection of a proper subobject? We start with a well known specific instance of this problem, namely the fact that a compact metric space is never the ?ech-Stone compactification of a proper subspace. We show that this holds also in the pointfree setting, i.e., that a compact metrizable locale is never the ?ech-Stone compactification of a proper sublocale. This is a stronger result than the classical one, but not because of an increase in scope; after all, assuming weak choice prin­ciples, every compact regular locale is the topology of a compact Hausdorff space. The increased strength derives from the conclusion, for in general a space has many more sublocales than subspaces. We then extend the analysis from metric locales to the broader class of perfectly normal locales, i.e., those whose frame of open sets consists entirely of cozero elements. We include a second proof of these results which is purely algebraic in character.

At the opposite extreme from these results, we show that an extremally disconnected locale is a compactification of each of its dense sublocales. Finally, we analyze the same phenomena, also in the pointfree setting, for the 0-dimensional compact reflec­tion and for the Lindelöf reflection.     

The Namioka property of KC-functions and Kempisty spaces

A topological space Y is called a Kempisty space if for any Baire space X every function , which is quasi-continuous in the first variable and continuous in the second variable has the Namioka property. Properties of compact Kempisty spaces are studied in this paper. In particular, it is shown that any Valdivia compact is a Kempisty space and the Cartesian product of an arbitrary family of compact Kempisty spaces is a Kempisty space.     

Real dicompact textures

A notion of real compactness for completely biregular bi-T₂ ditopological texture spaces is defined and studied under the name real dicompactness. In particular it is shown that real dicompact spaces are nearly plain ∗-spaces, and an important characterization is presented. Finally the connection of this work with topological and bitopological real compactness is discussed in a categorical setting.     

Extension of continuous functions in digital spaces with the Khalimsky topology

The digital space Zn equipped with Efim Khalimsky's topology is a connected space. We study continuous functions Zn⊃A→Z, from a subset of Khalimsky n-space to the Khalimsky line. We give necessary and sufficient condition for such a function to be extendable to a continuous function Zn→Z. We classify the subsets A of the digital plane such that every continuous function A→Z can be extended to a continuous function on the whole plane.     

On some parallelism between complete regularity and zero-dimensionality

We explore some parallelism between the categories CRFrm and 0DFrm of completely regular frames and zero-dimensional frames, respectively, with a view to establishing zero-dimensional analogues of C*-quotients. A lattice homomorphism between the cozero parts of two completely regular frames can be lifted to a frame homomorphism between the Stone-?ech compactifications of the frames involved [13]. Here we lift a lattice homomorphism ψ: BL → BM between the Boolean parts of two zero-dimensional frames to a frame homomorphism between their universal zero-dimensional compactifications, and then study some properties of the lift.     

Building suitable sets for locally compact groups by means of continuous selections

If a discrete subset S of a topological group G with the identity 1 generates a dense subgroup of G and S∪{1} is closed in G, then S is called a suitable set for G. We apply Michael's selection theorem to offer a direct, self-contained, purely topological proof of the result of Hofmann and Morris [K.-H. Hofmann, S.A. Morris, Weight and c, J. Pure Appl. Algebra 68 (1-2) (1990) 181-194] on the existence of suitable sets in locally compact groups. Our approach uses only elementary facts from (topological) group theory.     

Projective versions of selection principles

All spaces are assumed to be Tychonoff. A space X is called projectively P (where P is a topological property) if every continuous second countable image of X is P. Characterizations of projectively Menger spaces X in terms of continuous mappings , of Menger base property with respect to separable pseudometrics and a selection principle restricted to countable covers by cozero sets are given. If all finite powers of X are projectively Menger, then all countable subspaces of Cp(X) have countable fan tightness. The class of projectively Menger spaces contains all Menger spaces as well as all σ-pseudocompact spaces, and all spaces of cardinality less than d. Projective versions of Hurewicz, Rothberger and other selection principles satisfy properties similar to the properties of projectively Menger spaces, as well as some specific properties. Thus, X is projectively Hurewicz iff Cp(X) has the Monotonic Sequence Selection Property in the sense of Scheepers; βX is Rothberger iff X is pseudocompact and projectively Rothberger. Embeddability of the countable fan space Vω into Cp(X) or Cp(X,2) is characterized in terms of projective properties of X.     

Monotone insertion and monotone extension of frame homomorphisms

The purpose of this paper is to introduce monotonization in the setting of pointfree topology. More specifically, monotonically normal locales are characterized in terms of monotone insertion and monotone extensions theorems.     

Minimal KC spaces are compact

We show that every KC space (X,τ), such that τ is minimal among the KC topologies on X, must be compact (not necessarily T₂). This solves a long-standing question, first raised by R. Larson in 1973.     

On some questions about KC and related spaces

Answering questions raised by O.T. Alas and R.G. Wilson, or by these two authors together with M.G. Tkachenko and V.V. Tkachuk, we show that every minimal SC space must be sequentially compact, and we produce the following examples:

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a KC space which cannot be embedded in any compact KC space;

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a countable KC space which does not admit any coarser compact KC topology;

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a minimal Hausdorff space which is not a k-space.

We also give an example of a compact KC space such that every nonempty open subset of it is dense, even if, as pointed out to us by the referee, a completely different construction carried out by E.K. van Douwen in 1993 leads to a space with the same properties.     

Products of straight spaces

A metric space X is straight if for each finite cover of X by closed sets, and for each real valued function f on X, if f is uniformly continuous on each set of the cover, then f is uniformly continuous on the whole of X. A locally connected space is straight iff it is uniformly locally connected (ULC). It is easily seen that ULC spaces are stable under finite products. On the other hand the product of two straight spaces is not necessarily straight. We prove that the product X×Y of two metric spaces is straight if and only if both X and Y are straight and one of the following conditions holds:

(a)

both X and Y are precompact;

(b)

both X and Y are locally connected;

(c)

one of the spaces is both precompact and locally connected.

In particular, when X satisfies (c), the product X×Z is straight for every straight space Z.Finally, we characterize when infinite products of metric spaces are ULC and we completely solve the problem of straightness of infinite products of ULC spaces.