Counting spaces of functions on separable compact lines
Abstract
We investigate the following general problem, closely related to the problem of isomorphic classification of Banach spaces of continuous real-valued functions on a compact space , equipped with the supremum norm: Let be a class of compact spaces. How many isomorphism types of Banach spaces are there, for ? We prove that for any uncountable regular cardinal number , there exist exactly isomorphism types of spaces for compact spaces of weight . We show that, for the class of separable compact linearly ordered spaces of weight , the answer to the above question depends on additional set-theoretic axioms. In particular, assuming the continuum hypothesis, there are isomorphism types of , for , 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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