Category Archives: Topology

Diamond on ladder systems and countably metacompact topological spaces

Joint work with Rodrigo Rey Carvalho and Tanmay Inamdar. Abstract. Leiderman and Szeptycki proved that a single Cohen real introduces a ladder system $L$ over $\aleph_1$ for which the space $X_L$ is not a $\Delta$-space. They asked whether there is … Continue reading

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A counterexample related to a theorem of Komjáth and Weiss

Joint work with Rodrigo Rey Carvalho. Abstract. In a paper from 1987, Komjath and Weiss proved that for every regular topological space $X$ of character less than $\mathfrak b$, if $X\rightarrow(\text{top }{\omega+1})^1_\omega$, then $X\rightarrow(\text{top }{\alpha})^1_\omega$ for all $\alpha<\omega_1$. In addition, … Continue reading

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A new small Dowker space

Joint work with Roy Shalev and Stevo Todorcevic. Abstract. It is proved that if there exists a Luzin set, or if either the stick principle or $\diamondsuit(\mathfrak b)$ hold, then an instance of the guessing principle $\clubsuit_{AD}$ holds at the … Continue reading

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A guessing principle from a Souslin tree, with applications to topology

Joint work with Roy Shalev. Abstract. We introduce a new combinatorial principle which we call $\clubsuit_{AD}$. This principle asserts the existence of a certain multi-ladder system with guessing and almost-disjointness features, and is shown to be sufficient for carrying out … Continue reading

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On topological spaces of singular density and minimal weight

Abstract: We introduce a weakening of the Generalized Continuum Hypothesis, which we will refer to as the Prevalent Singular cardinals Hypothesis (PSH), and show it implies that every topological space of density and weight $\aleph_{\omega_1}$ is not hereditarily Lindelöf. The assumption … Continue reading

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A topological reflection principle equivalent to Shelah’s strong hypothesis

Abstract: We notice that Shelah’s Strong Hypothesis (SSH) is equivalent to the following reflection principle: Suppose $\mathbb X$ is an (infinite) first-countable space whose density is a regular cardinal, $\kappa$. If every separable subspace of $\mathbb X$ is of cardinality at most … Continue reading

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