We construct in Bell-Kunen’s model: (a) a group maximal topology on a countable infinite Boolean group of weight ${\aleph }_1<ℭ$ and (b) a countable irresolvable dense subspace of $2^{{\omega }_1}$. In this model $ℭ={\aleph }_{{\omega }_1}$.

In this expository paper it is shown that Martin's Axiom and the negation of the Continuum Hypothesis imply that the product of ccc spaces is a ccc space. The Continuum Hypothesis is then used to construct the Laver-Gavin example of two ccc spaces whose product is not a ccc space.

We consider the question of whether 𝒫(ω) is a subalgebra whenever it is a quotient of a Boolean algebra by a countably generated ideal. This question was raised privately by Murray Bell. We obtain two partial answers under the open coloring axiom. Topologically our first result is that if a zero-dimensional compact space has a zero-set mapping onto βℕ, then it has a regular closed zero-set mapping onto βℕ. The second result is that if the compact space has density at most ω₁, then it will map onto...

Let a compact Hausdorff space X contain a non-empty perfect subset. If α < β and β is a countable ordinal, then the Banach space Bα (X) of all bounded real-valued functions of Baire class α on X is a proper subspace of the Banach space Bβ (X). In this paper it is shown that: 1. Bα (X) has a representation as C(bα X), where bα X is a compactification of the space P X – the underlying set of X in the Baire topology generated by the Gδ -sets in X. 2. If 1 ≤ α < β ≤ Ω, where Ω is the first...

Ram’ırez-Páramo proved that under GCH for the class of compact Hausdorff spaces i-weight reflects all cardinals [A reflection theorem for i-weight, Topology Proc. 28 (2004), no. 1, 277–281]. We show that in ZFC i-weight reflects all cardinals for the class of compact LOTS. We define local i-weight, then calculate i-weight of locally compact LOTS and paracompact spaces in terms of the extent of the space and the i-weight of open sets or the local i-weight. For locally compact LOTS we find a necessary...