A characterization of realcompactness. (English) Zbl 0860.54025

Schommer, J. J.

Acta Math. Hung. 72, No. 4, 319-322 (1996).

For a Tikhonov space \(X\), let \(Z(X)\) be the collection of all zero-sets in \(X\). The author defines a space \(X\) to be \(z\)-realcompact if whenever \({\mathcal F}\) is an ultrafilter of cozero-sets of \(X\) such that \(\{Z\in Z(X): (\exists F\in {\mathcal F}) (F\subseteq Z)\}\) has the countable intersection property, then \(\bigcap \{\overline F: F\in {\mathcal F}\} \neq\emptyset\). Main results are: (1) A Tikhonov space \(X\) is realcompact if and only if \(X\) is \(z\)-realcompact. (2) Let \(\gamma\) be the collection of all countable cozero covers of \(X\). Then \(X\) is realcompact if and only if \(\gamma\) is complete.
{Reviewer’s remark: Essentially the same result as (2) is known. T. Shirota [Osaka Math. J. 4, 23-40 (1952; Zbl 0047.41704)] proved that a space \(X\) is realcompact if and only if the collection of all countable normal covers of \(X\) is complete. It is known that a countable cozero cover is normal and, conversely, a countable normal cover has a countable cozero refinement}.

Reviewer: H.Ohta (Ohya/Shizuoka)

MSC:

54D60

Realcompactness and realcompactification

Keywords:

\(z\)-realcompact

Citations:

Zbl 0047.41704

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