{"title":"The reflectivity and reflective hull of closure space categories","authors":"Zhongxi Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.topol.2025.109345","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>The notion of a reflective subcategory provides a convenient way in dealing with various types of completions. This paper investigates the reflectivity of full subcategories in the category <strong>CL</strong><sub>0</sub> of <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> closure spaces, specifically those containing pointed non-<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>-spaces. One key result is that such a category is reflective in <strong>CL</strong><sub>0</sub> if and only if it is the category of all <em>Z</em>-convergence spaces for some subset system <em>Z</em>. Leveraging this result, we offer a unified form for their reflective hulls in <strong>CL</strong><sub>0</sub>. Using similar techniques, we establish a unified form for the reflective hull of full subcategories in the category <strong>TOP</strong><sub>0</sub> of <span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>0</mn></mrow></msub></math></span> topological spaces, including at least one non-<span><math><msub><mrow><mi>T</mi></mrow><mrow><mn>1</mn></mrow></msub></math></span>-space. In light of this, we demonstrate that the reflective hull of the category <strong>KBSOB</strong> of <em>k</em>-bounded sober spaces within <strong>TOP</strong><sub>0</sub> is <strong>TOP</strong><sub>0</sub> itself.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":51201,"journal":{"name":"Topology and its Applications","volume":"367 ","pages":"Article 109345"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Topology and its Applications","FirstCategoryId":"100","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0166864125001439","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATHEMATICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The notion of a reflective subcategory provides a convenient way in dealing with various types of completions. This paper investigates the reflectivity of full subcategories in the category CL0 of closure spaces, specifically those containing pointed non--spaces. One key result is that such a category is reflective in CL0 if and only if it is the category of all Z-convergence spaces for some subset system Z. Leveraging this result, we offer a unified form for their reflective hulls in CL0. Using similar techniques, we establish a unified form for the reflective hull of full subcategories in the category TOP0 of topological spaces, including at least one non--space. In light of this, we demonstrate that the reflective hull of the category KBSOB of k-bounded sober spaces within TOP0 is TOP0 itself.
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Topology and its Applications is primarily concerned with publishing original research papers of moderate length. However, a limited number of carefully selected survey or expository papers are also included. The mathematical focus of the journal is that suggested by the title: Research in Topology. It is felt that it is inadvisable to attempt a definitive description of topology as understood for this journal. Certainly the subject includes the algebraic, general, geometric, and set-theoretic facets of topology as well as areas of interactions between topology and other mathematical disciplines, e.g. topological algebra, topological dynamics, functional analysis, category theory. Since the roles of various aspects of topology continue to change, the non-specific delineation of topics serves to reflect the current state of research in topology.
At regular intervals, the journal publishes a section entitled Open Problems in Topology, edited by J. van Mill and G.M. Reed. This is a status report on the 1100 problems listed in the book of the same name published by North-Holland in 1990, edited by van Mill and Reed.