Classification conjecture for Baumgartner axioms on perfect Polish spaces
Classification conjecture for Baumgartner axioms on perfect Polish spaces
Let be a perfect Polish space, meaning a separable completely metrizable space with no isolated points. Let denote the Baumgartner axiom parametrized by , and let be the pseudointersection number. A closed nowhere dense set is invariant under all self-homeomorphisms of when every homeomorphism satisfies . Classification conjecture for Baumgartner axioms. Exactly one of the following holds: (1) contains a closed nowhere dense invariant under every self-homeomorphism of , and consequently provably fails; (2) this obstruction fails and is not one-dimensional, in which case is equivalent to ; or (3) this obstruction fails and is one-dimensional, in which case is equivalent to . Moreover, if is as in (3) and is as in (2), then implies . 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 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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