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Relatively functionally countable subsets of products

General Topology 2024-11-11 v4

Abstract

A subset AA of a topological space XX is called relatively functionally countable (RFC) in XX, if for each continuous function f:XRf : X \to \mathbb{R} the set f[A]f[A] is countable. We prove that all RFC subsets of a product nωXn\prod\limits_{n\in\omega}X_n are countable, assuming that spaces XnX_n are Tychonoff and all RFC subsets of every XnX_n are countable. In particular, in a metrizable space every RFC subset is countable. The main tool in the proof is the following result: for every Tychonoff space XX and any countable set QXQ \subseteq X there is a continuous function f:XωR2f : X^\omega \to \mathbb{R}^2 such that the restriction of ff to QωQ^\omega is injective.

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@article{arxiv.2403.09785,
  title  = {Relatively functionally countable subsets of products},
  author = {Anton Lipin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.09785},
  year   = {2024}
}

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11 pages, minor changes

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