Classification conjecture for Baumgartner axioms on perfect Polish spaces

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Let XX be a perfect Polish space, meaning a separable completely metrizable space with no isolated points. Let cmathsfBA(X)cmathsf{BA}(X) denote the Baumgartner axiom parametrized by XX, and let cmathfrakpcmathfrak p be the pseudointersection number. A closed nowhere dense set F\tableXF\table X is invariant under all self-homeomorphisms of XX when every homeomorphism h:XXh:X\to X satisfies h[F]=Fh[F]=F. Classification conjecture for Baumgartner axioms. Exactly one of the following holds: (1) XX contains a closed nowhere dense F\tableXF\table X invariant under every self-homeomorphism of XX, and consequently cmathsfBA(X)cmathsf{BA}(X) provably fails; (2) this obstruction fails and XX is not one-dimensional, in which case cmathsfBA(X)cmathsf{BA}(X) is equivalent to cmathfrakp>cmathaleph1cmathfrak p>cmathaleph_1; or (3) this obstruction fails and XX is one-dimensional, in which case cmathsfBA(X)cmathsf{BA}(X) is equivalent to cmathsfBAcmathsf{BA}. Moreover, if XX is as in (3) and YY is as in (2), then cmathsfBA(X)cmathsf{BA}(X) implies cmathsfBA(Y)cmathsf{BA}(Y). The conjecture proposes a classification of the full Baumgartner axiom for perfect Polish spaces. The invariant closed nowhere dense set is a topological obstruction forcing failure, and the claim is that this obstruction characterizes provable failure; the remaining cases are distinguished by dimension and by their relationship with cmathfrakp>cmathaleph1cmathfrak p>cmathaleph_1 and the real-line axiom.

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Corey Bacal Switzer, “Weak Baumgartner axioms and universal spaces”, arXiv:2502.10029 (2025).

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