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The answers to two problems on dcpo models

General Topology 2026-07-28 v1

Abstract

A poset model of a topological space XX is a poset PP such that XX is homeomorphic to the maximal point space of PP (the set Max(PP) of all maximal points of PP equipped with the relative Scott topology of PP). Xi and Zhao proved that if a space has a dcpo model satisfying Lawson condition, it must be coherent and well-filtered. It is still open wether every coherent and well filtered space T1T_1 has a dcpo model satisfying Lawson condition. In this paper, we answer this problem. In another paper, Xi and Zhao proved that every Hausdorff k-space has a bounded complete dcpo model. It is, however, still unknown whether it is true that if a Hausdorff space is a k-space if it has a bounded complete dcpo model. We will construct a Hausdorff space which is not a k-space but has a bounded complete dcpo model.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.25715,
  title  = {The answers to two problems on dcpo models},
  author = {Chong Shen and Xiaoyong Xi and Dongsheng Zhao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.25715},
  year   = {2026}
}