We prove that an -additive cover of a Čech complete, or more generally scattered-K-analytic space, has a σ-scattered refinement. This generalizes results of G. Koumoullis and R. W. Hansell.
It is proved that -mappings preserve absolute Borel classes, which improves results of R. W. Hansell, J. E. Jayne and C. A. Rogers. The proof is based on the fact that any -mapping f: X → Y of an absolute Suslin metric space X onto an absolute Suslin metric space Y becomes a piecewise perfect mapping when restricted to a suitable -set satisfying .
In [2], D. E. Grow and M. Insall construct a countable compact set which is not the union of two H-sets. We make precise this result in two directions, proving such a set may be, but need not be, a finite union of H-sets. Descriptive set theory tools like Cantor-Bendixson ranks are used; they are developed in the book of A. S. Kechris and A. Louveau [6]. Two proofs are presented; the first one is elementary while the second one is more general and useful. Using the last one I prove in my thesis,...
The following theorem is proved. Let f: X → Y be a finite-to-one map such that the restriction is an inductively perfect map for every countable compact set S ⊂ Y. Then Y is a countable union of closed subsets such that every restriction is an inductively perfect map.
The concept of the distinguished sets is applied to the investigation of the functionally countable spaces. It is proved that every Baire function on a functionally countable space has a countable image. This is a positive answer to a question of R. Levy and W. D. Rice.
Let X and Y be two Polish spaces. Functions f,g: X → Y are called equivalent if there exists a bijection φ from X onto itself such that g∘φ = f. Using a theorem of J. Saint Raymond we characterize functions equivalent to Borel measurable ones. This characterization answers a question asked by M. Morayne and C. Ryll-Nardzewski.