On a problem of Lelek concerning open mappings
Let . Then cmp Zₙ < def Zₙ for n ≥ 5. This is the answer to a question posed by de Groot and Nishiura [GN] for n ≥ 5.
We introduce a notion of absolute submetrizability (= ``every Tychonoff subtopology is submetrizable'') and investigate its behavior under basic topological operations. The main result is an example of an absolutely submetrizable space that contains an uncountable set of isolated points (hence the space is neither separable nor hereditarily Lindelöf). This example is used to show that absolute submetrizability is not preserved by some topological operations, in particular, by free sums.
Several remarks on the properties of approximation by points (AP) and weak approximation by points (WAP) are presented. We look in particular at their behavior in product and at their relationships with radiality, pseudoradiality and related concepts. For instance, relevant facts are: (a) There is in ZFC a product of a countable WAP space with a convergent sequence which fails to be WAP. (b) over -compact space is AP. Therefore AP does not imply even pseudoradiality in function spaces, while...
We characterize Peano continua using Bing-Krasinkiewicz-Lelek maps. Also we deal with some topics on Whitney preserving maps.