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On Borel $\sigma$-algebras of topologies generated by two-point selections

General Topology 2022-04-25 v1

Abstract

A two-point selection on a set XX is a function f:[X]2Xf:[X]^2 \to X such that f(F)Ff(F) \in F for every F[X]2F \in [X]^2. It is known that every two-point selection f:[X]2Xf:[X]^2 \to X induced a topology τf\tau_f on XX by using the relation: xyx \leq y if either f({x,y})=xf(\{x,y\}) = x or x=yx = y, for every x,yXx, y \in X. We are mainly concern with the two-point selections on the real line R\mathbb{R}. In this paper, we study the σ\sigma-algebras of Borel, each one denoted by Bf(R)\mathcal{B}_f(\mathbb{R}), of the topologies τf\tau_f's defined by a two-point selection ff on R\mathbb{R}. We prove that the assumption c=2<c\mathfrak{c} = 2^{< \mathfrak{c}} implies the existence of a family {fν:ν<2c}\{ f_\nu : \nu < 2^\mathfrak{c} \} of two-point selections on R\mathbb{R} such that Bfμ(R)Bfν(R)\mathcal{B}_{f_\mu}(\mathbb{R}) \neq \mathcal{B}_{f_\nu}(\mathbb{R}) for distinct μ,ν<2c\mu, \nu < 2^\mathfrak{c}. By assuming that c=2<c\mathfrak{c} = 2^{< \mathfrak{c}} and c\mathfrak{c} is regular, we also show that there are 22c2^{2^\mathfrak{c}} many σ\sigma-algebras on R\mathbb{R} that contain [R]ω[\mathbb{R}]^{\leq \omega} and none of them is the σ\sigma-algebra of Borel of τf\tau_f for any two-point selection f:[R]2Rf: [\mathbb{R}]^2 \to \mathbb{R}. Several examples are given to illustrate some properties of these Borel σ\sigma-algebras.

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@article{arxiv.2204.10452,
  title  = {On Borel $\sigma$-algebras of topologies generated by two-point selections},
  author = {S. Garcia-Ferreira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2204.10452},
  year   = {2022}
}