Collectionwise normality and selections into Hilbert spaces

A T₁-space X is countably paracompact and collectionwise normal if and only if every l.s.c. mapping from X into a Hilbert space with closed and convex point-images has a continuous selection. This settles a conjecture posed by M. Choban, V. Gutev and S. Nedev [M. Choban, S. Nedev, Continuous selections for mappings with generalized ordered domain, Math. Balkanica (N.S.) 11 (1-2) (1997) 87-95].     

Local connectedness and extension of uniformly continuous functions

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. The straight spaces have been studied in [A. Berarducci, D. Dikranjan, J. Pelant, An additivity theorem for uniformly continuous functions, Topology and its Applications 146-147 (2005) 339-352], which contains characterization of the straight spaces within the class of the locally connected spaces (they are the uniformly locally connected ones) and the class of the totally disconnected spaces (they coincide with the totally disconnected Atsuji spaces). We show that the completion of a straight space is straight and we characterize the dense straight subspaces of a straight space. In order to clarify further the relation between straightness and the level of local connectedness of the space we introduce two more intermediate properties between straightness and uniform local connectedness and we give various examples to distinguish them. One of these properties coincides with straightness for complete spaces and provides in this way a useful characterization of complete straight spaces in terms of the behaviour of the quasi-components of the space.     

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.     

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.     

Selections for paraconvex-valued mappings on non-paracompact domains

We prove that Michael?s paraconvex-valued selection theorem for paracompact spaces remains true for C^′(E)-valued mappings defined on collectionwise normal spaces. Some possible generalisations are also given.     

Hereditary invertible linear surjections and splitting problems for selections

Let A+B be the pointwise (Minkowski) sum of two convex subsets A and B of a Banach space. Is it true that every continuous mapping h:X→A+B splits into a sum h=f+g of continuous mappings f:X→A and g:X→B? We study this question within a wider framework of splitting techniques of continuous selections. Existence of splittings is guaranteed by hereditary invertibility of linear surjections between Banach spaces. Some affirmative and negative results on such invertibility with respect to an appropriate class of convex compacta are presented. As a corollary, a positive answer to the above question is obtained for strictly convex finite-dimensional precompact spaces.     

Fiberwise absolute neighborhood extensors for a class of metrizable spaces

In the paper we study fiberwise absolute neighborhood extensors with respect to some classes of metrizable spaces by means of the local extension properties and the lifting properties of the underlying spaces.     

Versions of separability in bitopological spaces

We study selective versions of separability in bitopological spaces. In particular, we investigate these properties in function spaces endowed with the topology of pointwise convergence and the compact-open topology.     

Compact Hausdorff fuzzy topological spaces are topological

Many examples of compact fuzzy topological spaces which are highly non topological are known [5, 6]. Equally many examples of Hausdorff fuzzy topological spaces which are highly non topological can be given. In this paper we show that the two properties - compact and Hausdorff - combined however necessarily imply that the fuzzy topological space is topological. This at once solves some open questions with regard to the compactification of fuzzy topological spaces [8]. It also emphasizes once more the particular role played by compact Hausdorff topological spaces not only in the category of topological spaces but even in the category of fuzzy topological spaces.     

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.     

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.     

Dicompleteness and real dicompactness of ditopological texture spaces

The authors consider interrelations between the completeness of certain initial di-uniformities and the real dicompactness of completely biregular bi-T₂ nearly plain ditopological spaces. Completions and real dicompactifications of almost plain spaces are also considered.     

On pairwise Lindelöf bitopological spaces

In this paper, we shall continue the study of bitopological separation axioms begun by Kelly and obtained some results. Furthermore, we introduce two concepts of pairwise Lindelöf bitopological spaces and the properties for them are established. We also show that a pairwise Lindelöf space is not hereditary property.     

Characterizations of certain classes of infinite-dimensional metric spaces

We characterize two classes of metric spaces as images under a closed, finite-to-one mapping of a zero-dimensional metric space. In the case of locally finite-dimensional spaces the mapping must be of strong local order, and for strongly countable-dimensional spaces the mapping must have weak local order. The results are analogues to characterizations by K. Morita (of finite-dimensional spaces) and J. Nagata (of countable-dimensional spaces).     

Compact spaces generated by retractions

We study compact spaces which are obtained from metric compacta by iterating the operation of inverse limit of continuous sequences of retractions. This class, denoted by R, has been introduced in [M. Burke, W. Kubi?, S. Todor?evi?, Kadec norms on spaces of continuous functions, http://arxiv.org/abs/math.FA/0312013]. Allowing continuous images in the definition of class R, one obtains a strictly larger class, which we denote by RC. We show that every space in class RC is either Corson compact or else contains a copy of the ordinal segment ω₁+1. This improves a result of Kalenda from [O. Kalenda, Embedding of the ordinal segment [0,ω₁] into continuous images of Valdivia compacta, Comment. Math. Univ. Carolin. 40 (4) (1999) 777-783], where the same was proved for the class of continuous images of Valdivia compacta. We prove that spaces in class R do not contain cutting P-points (see the definition below), which provides a tool for finding spaces in RC?R. Finally, we study linearly ordered spaces in class RC. We prove that scattered linearly ordered compacta belong to RC and we characterize those ones which belong to R. We show that there are only 5 types (up to order isomorphism) of connected linearly ordered spaces in class R and all of them are Valdivia compact. Finally, we find a universal pre-image for the class of all linearly ordered Valdivia compacta.     

Maps and f-normal spaces

It has long been known that hyper-real maps preserve realcompactness. In this paper we show that hyper-real maps preserve nearly realcompactness as well. We will also introduce the concepts of ε-perfect maps and f-normal spaces and explore them in a way that mirrors Rayburn's 1978 study of δ-perfect maps and h-normal spaces.     

Extension dimension and quasi-finite CW-complexes

We extend the definition of quasi-finite complexes from countable complexes to arbitrary ones and provide a characterization of quasi-finite complexes in terms of L-invertible maps and dimensional properties of compactifications. Several results related to the class of quasi-finite complexes are established, such as completion of metrizable spaces, existence of universal spaces and a version of the factorization theorem. Furthermore, we define UV(L)-spaces in the realm of metrizable spaces and show that some properties of UV(n)-spaces and UV(n)-maps remain valid for UV(L)-spaces and UV(L)-maps, respectively.     

Selections and topological convexity

A simple natural proof of van de Vel's selection theorem for topological convex structures is given. The technique developed to achieve this proof allows to give also a direct simple proof of the classical Michael's selection theorem in Fréchet spaces, and the Horvath's selection theorem in metric l.c.-spaces.     

The evaluation identification in function spaces

A study is made of the natural function which maps each point x of a space X to the evaluation function e_x:Y^x→Y defined by $\text{e}{}_{\mathrm{x}}\text{(?)=?(x)}$. A consequence of the results is that βX and υX can both be considered as subspaces of spaces of continous functions from appropriate domain spaces into I or R, respectively.     

Open mappings looking like projections

Every open continuous mappingf from a metric space (X, d) onto a countable-dimensional metric spaceY admits a special type of factorization (Y×[0, 1] throughout), provided all fibers off are dense in itself and complete with respect tod. On this basis, an upper semi-continuous Cantor bouquet of disjoint usco selections for a class of 1.s.c. mappings between metrizable spaces is constructed.