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Weak covering properties of weak topologies

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1997

A Dow
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada M3J 1P3. E-mail: [email protected]
H Junnila
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, University of Helsinki, Yliopistonakatu 5, SF-00100 Helsinki, Finland 5. E-mail: [email protected]
J Pelant
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic. E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

We consider covering properties of weak topologies of Banach spaces, especially of weak or point-wise topologies of function spaces $C(K)$, for compact spaces $K$. We answer questions posed by A. V. Arkhangel'skii, S. P. Gul'ko, and R. W. Hansell. Our main results are the following. A Banach space of density at most $\omega_1$ is hereditarily metaLindel\" of in its weak topology. If the weight of a compact space $K$ is at most $\omega_1$, then the spaces $C_w(K)$ and $C_p(K)$ are hereditarily metaLindel\" of. Let $\bar T$ be the one-point compactification of a tree $T$. Then the space $C_p(\bar T)$ is hereditarily $\sigma$-metacompact. If $T$ is an infinitely branching full tree of uncountable height and of cardinality bigger than ${\bf c}$, then the weak topology of the unit sphere of $C(\bar T)$ is not $\sigma$-fragmented by any metric. The space $C_p(\beta\omega_1)$ is neither metaLindel\" of nor $\sigma$-relatively metacompact. The space $C_p(\beta\omega_2)$ is not $\sigma$-relatively metaLindel\" of. Under the set-theoretic axiom $\diamondsuit$, there exists a scattered compact space $K_1$ such that the space $C_p(K_1)$ is not $\sigma$-relatively metacompact, and under a related axiom \boxd, there exists a scattered compact space $K_2$ such that the space $C_p(K_2)$ is not $\sigma$-relatively metaLindel\" of.

1991 Mathematics Subject Classification: 54C35, 46B20, 54E20, 54D30.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
London Mathematical Society 1997

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