Covering versus partitioning with Polish spaces
Logic
2021-01-26 v1 General Topology
Abstract
Given a completely metrizable space , let denote the smallest possible size of a partition of into Polish spaces, and the smallest possible size of a covering of with Polish spaces. Observe that for every , because every partition of is also a covering. We prove it is consistent relative to a huge cardinal that the strict inequality can hold for some completely metrizable space . We also prove that using large cardinals is necessary for obtaining this strict inequality, because if for any completely metrizable , then exists.
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@article{arxiv.2101.10088,
title = {Covering versus partitioning with Polish spaces},
author = {Will Brian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2101.10088},
year = {2021}
}