Topologies on products of partially ordered sets I

Interval topologies

authored by
Marcel Erné
Abstract

Given a certain construction principle assigning to each partially ordered set P some topology θ(P) on P, one may ask under what circumstances the topology θ(P) of a product P = ⊗j∈J P j of partially ordered sets P i agrees with the product topology ⊗j∈Jθ(P i) on P. We shall discuss this question for several types of interval topologies (Part I), for ideal topologies (Part II), and for order topologies (Part III). Some of the results contained in this first part are listed below: (1) Let θi(P) denote the segment topology. For any family of posets P jj∈Jθs(Pj)=θs(⊗j∈JPi) iff at most a finite number of the P j has more than one element (1.1). (2) Let θcs(P) denote the co-segment topology (lower topology). For any family of lower directed posets P jj∈Jθcs(Pi)=θcs(⊗j∈JPi) iff each P j has a least element (1.5). (3) Let θi(P) denote the interval topology. For a finite family of chains P j, P jj∈Jθi(Pi)=θi(⊗j∈JPi) iff for all j∈k, P j has a greatest element or P k has a least element (2.11). (4) Let θni(P) denote the new interval topology. For any family of posets P j, P jj∈Jθni(Pj)=θni(⊗j∈JPj) whenever the product space is a b-space (i.e. a space where the closure of any subset Y is the union of all closures of bounded subsets of Y) (3.13). In the case of lattices, some of the results presented in this paper are well-known and have been shown earlier in the literature. However, the case of arbitrary posets often proved to be more difficult.

Organisation(s)
Institute of Algebra, Number Theory and Discrete Mathematics
Type
Article
Journal
Algebra universalis
Volume
11
Pages
295-311
No. of pages
17
ISSN
0002-5240
Publication date
12.1980
Publication status
Published
Peer reviewed
Yes
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Algebra and Number Theory
Electronic version(s)
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02483109 (Access: Closed)