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Reverse mathematics of regular countable second countable spaces

Logic 2024-10-30 v1

Abstract

We study the reverse mathematics of characterization theorems of regular countable second countable spaces (or CSCSCSCS for short). We prove that arithmetic comprehension is equivalent over RCA0\textbf{RCA}_0 to every T3T_3 CSCSCSCS being metrizable, and we characterize the T3T_3 spaces which are metrizable over RCA0\textbf{RCA}_0. We show that Lynn's theorem for CSCSCSCS can be carried out in ACA0\textbf{ACA}_0, 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 T2T_2 compact CSCSCSCS being well-orderable. From general topology, we know that the locally compact T2T_2 CSCSCSCS are the well-orderable CSCSCSCS, and that the T3T_3 scattered CSCSCSCS are the completely metrizable CSCSCSCS. We show that these characterizations and a few others are equivalent to arithmetic transfinite recursion over RCA0\textbf{RCA}_0. We also find a few statments that are equivalent to Π11\Pi^1_1 comprehension. In particular we show that every T3T_3 CSCSCSCS has a Cantor Bendixson rank and that every T3T_3 CSCSCSCS is the disjoint union of a scattered space and dense in itself space are equivalent to Π11\Pi^1_1 comprehension over RCA0\textbf{RCA}_0.

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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}
}
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