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## A compact Hausdorff topology that is a $T_1$-complement of itself

### Tom 175 / 2002

Fundamenta Mathematicae 175 (2002), 163-173 MSC: Primary 06B99, 54A10, 54D20, 54D30; Secondary 54A20, 54A35, 54G20. DOI: 10.4064/fm175-2-6

#### Streszczenie

Topologies $\tau_1$ and $\tau_2$ on a set $X$ are called $T_1$-complementary if $\tau_1\cap\tau_2=\{X\setminus F: F\subseteq X$ is finite$\}\cup\{\emptyset\}$ and $\tau_1\cup\tau_2$ is a subbase for the discrete topology on $X$. Topological spaces $(X,\tau_X)$ and $(Y,\tau_Y)$ are called $T_1$-complementary provided that there exists a bijection $f: X\to Y$ such that $\tau_X$ and $\{f^{-1}(U):U\in\tau_Y\}$ are $T_1$-complementary topologies on $X$. We provide an example of a compact Hausdorff space of size $2^{\mathfrak c}$ which is $T_1$-complementary to itself (${\mathfrak c}$ denotes the cardinality of the continuum). We prove that the existence of a compact Hausdorff space of size ${\mathfrak c}$ that is $T_1$-complementary to itself is both consistent with and independent of ZFC. On the other hand, we construct in ZFC a countably compact Tikhonov space of size ${\mathfrak c}$ which is $T_1$-complementary to itself and a compact Hausdorff space of size ${\mathfrak c}$ which is $T_1$-complementary to a countably compact Tikhonov space. The last two examples have the smallest possible size: It is consistent with ZFC that ${\mathfrak c}$ is the smallest cardinality of an infinite set admitting two Hausdorff $T_1$-complementary topologies [8]. Our results provide complete solutions to Problems 160 and 161 (both posed by S.~Watson [14]) from Open Problems in Topology (North-Holland,~1990).

#### Autorzy

• Dmitri ShakhmatovDepartment of Mathematical Sciences
Faculty of Science
Ehime University
Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan
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• Michael TkachenkoDepartamento de Matemáticas
Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana
Av. San Rafael Atlixco 186, Del. Iztapalapa
C.P. 09340 México D.F., México
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