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$\Psi$-Spaces and Semi-Proximality

General Topology 2024-12-30 v1 Logic

Abstract

We discuss the proximal game and semi-proximality in Ψ\Psi-spaces of almost disjoint families over an infinite countable set and Ψ\Psi-spaces of ladder systems on ω1\omega_1. We show that a semi-proximal almost disjoint families must be nowhere MAD, anti-Luzin and characterize semi-proximality for a class of R{\mathbb R}-embeddable almost disjoint families. We show that a Ψ\Psi-spaces defined from a uniformizable ladder system is semi-proximal and a Ψ\Psi-space defined on a \clubsuit^* sequence is not semi-proximal. Thus the existence of non-semi-proximal Ψ\Psi-space over a ladder system is independent of ZFC.

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@article{arxiv.2412.18982,
  title  = {$\Psi$-Spaces and Semi-Proximality},
  author = {Khulod Almontashery and Vinicius de Oliveira Rodrigues and Paul J. Szeptycki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.18982},
  year   = {2024}
}

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18 pages

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