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Counting spaces of functions on separable compact lines

Functional Analysis 2026-03-17 v3 General Topology Logic

Abstract

We investigate the following general problem, closely related to the problem of isomorphic classification of Banach spaces C(K)C(K) of continuous real-valued functions on a compact space KK, equipped with the supremum norm: Let K\mathcal{K} be a class of compact spaces. How many isomorphism types of Banach spaces C(K)C(K) are there, for KKK\in \mathcal{K}? We prove that for any uncountable regular cardinal number κ\kappa, there exist exactly 2κ2^\kappa isomorphism types of spaces C(K)C(K) for compact spaces of weight κ\kappa. We show that, for the class Lω1\mathcal{L}_{\omega_1} of separable compact linearly ordered spaces of weight ω1\omega_1, the answer to the above question depends on additional set-theoretic axioms. In particular, assuming the continuum hypothesis, there are 2ω12^{\omega_1} isomorphism types of C(L)C(L), for LLω1L\in \mathcal{L_{\omega_1}}, and assuming a certain axiom proposed by Baumgartner, there is only one type.

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@article{arxiv.2602.09143,
  title  = {Counting spaces of functions on separable compact lines},
  author = {Maciej Korpalski and Piotr Koszmider and Witold Marciszewski},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.09143},
  year   = {2026}
}

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