We say that a collection $𝒜$ of subsets of $X$ has property $\left(CC\right)$ if there is a set $D$ and point-countable collections $𝒞$ of closed subsets of $X$ such that for any $A\in 𝒜$ there is a finite subcollection $ℱ$ of $𝒞$ such that $A=D\setminus \bigcup ℱ$. Then we prove that any compact space is Corson if and only if it has a point-$\sigma$-$\left(CC\right)$ base. A characterization of Corson compacta in terms of (strong) point network is also given. This provides an answer to an open question in “A Biased View of Topology as a Tool in Functional Analysis” (2014) by...

We survey several applications of Simons’ inequality and state related open problems. We show that if a Banach space X has a strongly sub-differentiable norm, then every bounded weakly closed subset of X is an intersection of finite union of balls.