A characterization of 𝜎-compactness of a cosmic space 𝑋 by means of subspaces of 𝑅^{𝑋}

Abstract

This work is devoted to the relationship between topological properties of a space <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and those of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper C Subscript p Baseline left-parenthesis upper X right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C_{p}(X)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> (= the space of continuous real-valued functions on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> , with the topology of pointwise convergence). The emphasis is on <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="sigma"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi> σ </mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\sigma</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -compactness of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">X</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> and on location of <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper C Subscript p Baseline left-parenthesis upper X right-parenthesis"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mi>C</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>p</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> <mml:mo stretchy="false">(</mml:mo> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> <mml:mo stretchy="false">)</mml:mo> </mml:mrow> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">C_{p}(X)</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> in <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="upper R Superscript upper X"> <mml:semantics> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>R</mml:mi> <mml:mrow class="MJX-TeXAtom-ORD"> <mml:mi>X</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">R^{X}</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> . In particular, <inline-formula content-type="math/mathml"> <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" alttext="sigma"> <mml:semantics> <mml:mi> σ </mml:mi> <mml:annotation encoding="application/x-tex">\sigma</mml:annotation> </mml:semantics> </mml:math> </inline-formula> -compact cosmic spaces are characterized in this way.