{"title":"The category of topological spaces and open maps does not have products","authors":"Guram Bezhanishvili , Andre Kornell","doi":"10.1016/j.aim.2024.109963","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We prove that the category of topological spaces and open maps does not have binary products, thus resolving the Esakia problem in the negative. We also prove that the category of Kripke frames does not have binary products and that the category of complete Heyting algebras does not have binary coproducts.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50860,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Mathematics","volume":"458 ","pages":"Article 109963"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Mathematics","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000187082400478X","RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q1","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We prove that the category of topological spaces and open maps does not have binary products, thus resolving the Esakia problem in the negative. We also prove that the category of Kripke frames does not have binary products and that the category of complete Heyting algebras does not have binary coproducts.
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Emphasizing contributions that represent significant advances in all areas of pure mathematics, Advances in Mathematics provides research mathematicians with an effective medium for communicating important recent developments in their areas of specialization to colleagues and to scientists in related disciplines.