The functional tightness of infinite products

Speaker(s)

Mikołaj Krupski

Affiliation

University of Warsaw

Date

Jan. 9, 2019, 4:15 p.m.

Room

room 5050

Seminar

Topology and Set Theory Seminar

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The functional tightness $t_0(X)$ of a space $X$ is a cardinal invariant related to both the tightness $t(X)$ and the density character $d(X)$ of $X$. While the tightness $t(X)$ measures the minimal cardinality of sets required to determine the topology of $X$, the functional tightness measures the minimal size of sets required to guarantee the continuity of real-valued functions on $X$. A classical theorem of Malykhin says that if $\{X_\alpha:\alpha\leq\kappa\}$ is a family of compact spaces such that $t(X_\alpha)\leq \kappa$, for every $\alpha\leq\kappa$, then $t\left( \prod_{\alpha\leq \kappa} X_\alpha \right)\leq \kappa$, where $t(X)$ is the tightness of a space $X$. In my talk I will prove the following counterpart of Malykhin's theorem for functional tightness: Let $\{X_\alpha:\alpha<\lambda\}$ be a family of compact spaces such that $t_0(X_\alpha)\leq \kappa$. If $\lambda \leq 2^\kappa$ or $\lambda$ is less than the first measurable cardinal, then $t_0\left(\prod_{\alpha<\lambda} X_\alpha \right)\leq \kappa$, where $t_0(X)$ is the functional tightness of a space $X$. In particular, if there are no measurable cardinals the functional tightness is preserved by arbitrarily large products of compacta.

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