{"title":"On Hausdorff operators in \u0000 \u0000 ZF\u0000 $mathsf {ZF}$","authors":"Kyriakos Keremedis, Eleftherios Tachtsis","doi":"10.1002/malq.202300004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/malq.202300004","url":null,"abstract":"<p>A Hausdorff space <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>X</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>T</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$(X,mathcal {T})$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> is called effectively Hausdorff if there exists a function <i>F</i>—called a Hausdorff operator—such that, for every <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 <mo>∈</mo>\u0000 <mi>X</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$x,yin X$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math> with <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>≠</mo>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$xne y$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mrow>\u0000 <mi>F</mi>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>x</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>y</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 <mo>=</mo>\u0000 <mo>(</mo>\u0000 <mi>U</mi>\u0000 <mo>,</mo>\u0000 <mi>V</mi>\u0000 <mo>)</mo>\u0000 </mrow>\u0000 <annotation>$F(x,y)=(U,V)$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, where <i>U</i> and <i>V</i> are disjoint open neighborhoods of <i>x</i> and <i>y</i>, respectively. Among other results, we establish the following in <math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>ZF</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$mathsf {ZF}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>, i.e., in Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory without the Axiom of Choice (<math>\u0000 <semantics>\u0000 <mi>AC</mi>\u0000 <annotation>$mathsf {AC}$</annotation>\u0000 </semantics></math>):</p><p>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49864,"journal":{"name":"Mathematical Logic Quarterly","volume":"69 3","pages":"347-369"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2023-07-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"50142953","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"数学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}