Reverse mathematics of regular countable second countable spaces
Abstract
We study the reverse mathematics of characterization theorems of regular countable second countable spaces (or for short). We prove that arithmetic comprehension is equivalent over to every being metrizable, and we characterize the spaces which are metrizable over . We show that Lynn's theorem for can be carried out in , namely that every zero dimensional separable space is homeomorphic to the order topology of a linear order. We also show that arithmetic comprehension is equivalent to every compact being well-orderable. From general topology, we know that the locally compact are the well-orderable , and that the scattered are the completely metrizable . We show that these characterizations and a few others are equivalent to arithmetic transfinite recursion over . We also find a few statments that are equivalent to comprehension. In particular we show that every has a Cantor Bendixson rank and that every is the disjoint union of a scattered space and dense in itself space are equivalent to comprehension over .
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@article{arxiv.2410.22227,
title = {Reverse mathematics of regular countable second countable spaces},
author = {Giorgio G. Genovesi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.22227},
year = {2024}
}