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On Ishiki's Conjecture: $\mathrm{Met}(D)$ Is Not Completely Metrizable for $\lvert D\rvert=\aleph_1$

General Topology 2026-08-11 v1

Abstract

For a discrete topological space DD, let Met(D)\mathrm{Met}(D) denote the set of metrics on DD that are compatible with the discrete topology, equipped with the topology induced by the supremum distance. Ishiki's Conjecture 5.1 asserts that Met(D)\mathrm{Met}(D) is not completely metrizable when D=1\lvert D\rvert = \aleph_1. We prove this in ZFC by constructing a set A[0,1]A \subseteq [0,1] of cardinality 1\aleph_1 that is not FσF_\sigma and embedding its complement as a closed subspace of Met(D)\mathrm{Met}(D). The proof has also been formalised in Lean 4.

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@article{arxiv.2608.11023,
  title  = {On Ishiki's Conjecture: $\mathrm{Met}(D)$ Is Not Completely Metrizable for $\lvert D\rvert=\aleph_1$},
  author = {Tomoki Uda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2608.11023},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

8 pages; the proof has also been formalised in Lean 4