Title On Countably Metacompact Spaces

Author(s) Hayashi, Yoshiaki

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Bulletin of University of Osaka Prefecture. Series A, Engineering and nat Citation ural sciences. 1960, 8(2), p.161-164

Issue Date 1960-03-30

URL http://hdl.handle.net/10466/7939

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'g On Countably Metacompact Spaces

Yoshiaki HAyAsHi*

(Received January 29, 1960)

A space X is called countably metacompact if every countable covering has a point-finite refinement. In this paper, we・study some prope,rties of countably meta- compact spaces. ・ The topological product Xx Y of a countably metacompact space X and a Y is countably metacompact. In order that a is countably metacompact it is necessary and suthcient that for e.very decreasing sequence {Fi} of closed sets with empty intersection there is a sequence {Gi} of open sets with eenGi--O such that Gi )Ei. There is a T2-space which is not countably metacompact, and there is a countably metacompact and Regular T2-space which is not countably paracompact.

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Let X be a topological space, that is, a space with open sets such that the union of any family of open sets is open and the intersection of any finite number'of open 'sets is open. A covering of X is a family of open sets whose union is XL The covering is called countable if it consists of a countable family of open sets or finite if it consists of a finite family of open sets. The lcovering is called 1ocally finite if every point of X is contained in some open set which intersects only a finite number ・of sets of the covering and point-finite if each point of X is only a finite number of sets of the covering. A covering 8 is called a refinement of a covering U if every open sets of 8 is contained in some open set of U. The space X is called countably paracompact if every countable covering has a locally finite refinement and countably metacompact if every countable open covering has a point-finite refinement. ' The purpose of this paper is to study the peoperties of countably metacompact ' ' spaces. A space X i$ called compact・, if every covering has a finite refinement, paracompact if every covering has a locally finite・ refinement, metacompact*** if every covering has a point-finite refinement. It is 'clear ,that every compact, paracompact, or countably is countably metacompaet. Every closed subset of a countably metacompact space is countably metacompact. It is known that the topological product of a countably paracompact space X and a compact space Y is countably paracornpact. We shall prove the similar theorem on countably metacompact spaces.

* Department of Mataematics, Col!ege of General Education. ** We denote the empty set by O. , *** Cf. [1] p. !71. (Numbers in brackets refer to the references at the end of the paper.) 162 Y. HAyAsHi Theorem 1. The toPological Product Xx Y of a countably metacomPact sPace X and comPact space Yis countably metacomPact. ' [Proof] Let {Ui} (i--lj 2, ・・・) be a countable covering of XX Y.' Let Vi be the set of all points x of X such that xxYCUUj. If xEVi every point (x,y) of xxY has a js neighbourhood NxM (N is an open set of .X; M is an open set of Y), which is con- tained in the open set H.iUj. A finite number of sets these open sets M Y; let IVle be the intersection of the corresponding finite number of sets AIL The xEAZle, Alle is an open set of X, and ATle×Y9Y.iUj, and hence IVleCVi. Therefore Vi iS an open set of .XL AIso, for arfy xEX; sincexxYis compact, xxY is contained in some finite goUvMebreinrgOoff SxtLtS Qf the COVering {Ui}; hence x is in some' Vi. Therefore,{v,} isa

Since {vi} is countable and x is countably metaEompact, {Vi} 'has a point-finite refinement E!B. For each open set W of EEB let g(va) be the first Vi cotitaning VV and let Gi be the union of all W for which g(W)=Vi. Then Gi is open, GiCVi and {Gi} is a point-finite covering of X. For each ]'s;i, set Gij=(GixY)nUj; then Gij is an open set in Xx Y. If (x, y) is a point of (X) Y) then, for some i, xEGi and hence (x,y)EGxY. Also, since xEGiCVi. (x, y)ExxYCjY?.,Uh and hence, for some 1'f{gi, (x,y)EUj. Hence (x,y)EGij. Therefore {Gij} is a covering of Xx ]YL Since GijCUj, {Gij} is a refinement of {Ui}. Also, if (x, y)EXx ]V; x is in only a finite number of sets of Gi. And hence, (x, y)g' is in only a finite number of sets of {Gij]. Therefore Kx Y is countably metacompact. '

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' Theorein 2.* in order that a topological space X is countably metacompact it is necessaf:y and szaficient that .ICbr every decreasing sequence {Flr} of closed sets with fhMaet:GY ,/;ntRtr.SeCtiOn there iS a Sequence {Gi} of oPen sets with empty .{intersection such

A topological space X is called regular if for every pair (A,x) such that A is a closed set.,and x is a point ¢A :there is a pair of disioint open sets U and V with U )A and VEx. A 'topolQgical space X is called normal if for every pair of disjoint closed sets A ahd 'B there is a pair of disjoint open sets U and V with UDA and V)B. The fellowing two properties of a X are equivalent**:

(1) The space K is countably para,compact. (2) The space Xis countably metacompact. - ' However, these properties (1), (2) of some regular space are not equivalent, that is the fol!owing theorem holds. On Countably Mbtacompact SPaces 163 cTohuenOtraebMly p3bracTollf;laictZ.S a COUntably metacompact and reguiar space which is not

[Proof] Let Ri= {O, 1, 2, 3, ・・・, to, ・・・, 2} Where 2 is the first odinal number in all 3rd- class ordinals, and R2={O,.1, 2. 3, ・.・, tu} where to is the first ordinal in all 2nd-class ordinals. For each of Ri and R2,.we define its by the,limit of ordinals as usual.* Set R=RixR2 and give the weak topology of the product space to R. And

let X==R-(2, tu). ' ' Since both Ri and R2 are regular, R is regular therefore .X is regular. We shall prove X is not countably paracompact. Let Fi={(9, n)ln=i, i+1,i+2. ・・・}(i=1,2, 3, ・"). Then {E} is a decreasing sequence of closed sets of X wigh-empty intersection. Suppose that there is a sequence {Gn}' of open sets of X with ,nn,Gi**=O such that GDE. Since (9, n) (n2i) is contained in Gi, there is an ordinal ai,n<2 such that {(e,n)lai,n

(a) Gi=X (i=1, 2, ・・・, m-1), (b) Gi-- {xl there is a point yEFI with R2[y]==R2[x]} (i----m, m+1, ・・・).

Then Gi (i=1,2,・・・) is open and GiDE. We shall prove that fiGi=O. Suppose nGi=O and xEfiGi. From the definition, there are ym, ym+i, ・・・ such that yiEF; and R2[yi] tt =R2[x] i (i=m, m+1, ・・・). As .Ri[yi]==9 (i=mm+1, ・・・),y.=ym+i=・・・. Hence ?F}=¥O. This

* We define neighbourhood of a point p as follow$: for each q

Theorem 4. There is a T2-space which is not countably metacomPact. [rroof] Set A :{(eir)I Os{;e<2, Of{;rE{:1} where 9 is the first ordinal number in all 3rd-class ordinals and r is a real number. And set B=={PIOi} (i---1, 2, 3. ・・・), then each E・ is closed and {]P?Ii=1, 2, 3, ・・・} is decreasing sequence with empty intersection. We shall prove that there is no sequence {Gi} of open sets with empty intersection such that Gi[Fi. Let {Gi} be a sequence such that Gi),F- Since GiDFi, for each 1':;}li, there are some ordinal ai(1')

== {rlac}f'(a', r)ECAAe ifCCX. Then, from the above argument, Gi[e])Ei=U(Pj-ri(i), Ri+ri(7'))** for every e>ai. Since {Pjl7'=i, i+1, ・・・} is dence in [O, 1]***j)t .Ei is an open set which is dence in [O, 1]. Set ev=:limai, then Gi[8]]Ei for every 8ev. Since each i-).oe Ei is an open set which is dence in [O, 1], hence. by Baire's theorem, nEi is dence in [O, 1],that is UEi is not empty. Therefore, for every e>ev, OGi[e] is not empty. Hence. from theii definition nGi is not empty. Therefore there is no sequence {Gi} of open sets with empty intersection such that Gi]Fi. Hence, by Theorem 2, the space X is not countably metacompaet. This com- pletes the proof. The space X in the proof of Theorem 3 is a regular T2-space. Theref6re, there is a countably metacompact and regular T2-space which is not countably paracompact. Also there is a T2-space which is not countably metacompact. However, the auther knows no example of a regular T2-space which is not countably metacompact.

References [1] J.L. Kelley: (1955). [2] C.H. Dowker: On countably paracompact spaces, Canadian Jour. Math., 3, 219-224 (1955). [3] Y. Hayashi: On countably paracompact spaces, Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser. A 7, 181-18'3 (l959).