| Abstract: | The weak tightness wt(X) of a space X was introduced in Carlson (Topol Appl 249:103–111, 2018) with the property $$wt(X)\le t(X)$$. We investigate several well-known results concerning t(X) and consider whether they extend to the weak tightness setting. First we give an example of a non-sequential compactum X such that $$wt(X)=\aleph _0<t(X)$$ under $$2^{\aleph _0}=2^{\aleph _1}$$. In particular, this demonstrates the celebrated Balogh’s (Proc Am Math Soc 105(3):755–764, 1989) Theorem does not hold in general if countably tight is replaced with weakly countably tight. Second, we introduce the notion of an S-free sequence and show that if X is a homogeneous compactum then $$|X|\le 2^{wt(X)\pi \chi (X)}$$. This refines a theorem of de la Vega (Topol Appl 153:2118–2123, 2006). In the case where the cardinal invariants involved are countable, this also represents a variation of a theorem of Juhász and van Mill (Proc Am Math Soc 146(1):429–437, 2018). In this connection we also show $$w(X)\le 2^{wt(X)}$$ for a homogeneous compactum. Third, we show that if X is a $$T_1$$ space, $$wt(X)\le \kappa $$, X is $$\kappa ^+$$-compact, and $$\psi (\overline{D},X)\le 2^\kappa $$ for any $$D\subseteq X$$ satisfying $$|D|\le 2^\kappa $$, then (a) $$d(X)\le 2^\kappa $$ and (b) X has at most $$2^\kappa $$-many $$G_\kappa $$-points. This is a variation of another theorem of Balogh (Topol Proc 27:9–14, 2003). Finally, we show that if X is a regular space, $$\kappa =L(X)wt(X)$$, and $$\lambda $$ is a caliber of X satisfying $$\kappa <\lambda \le \left( 2^{\kappa }\right) ^+$$, then $$d(X)\le 2^{\kappa }$$. This extends of theorem of Arhangel$$'$$skiĭ (Topol Appl 104:13–26, 2000). |
