diff --git a/FormalConjectures/Paper/CardinalityLindelof.lean b/FormalConjectures/Paper/CardinalityLindelof.lean new file mode 100644 index 000000000..34cdd0d7c --- /dev/null +++ b/FormalConjectures/Paper/CardinalityLindelof.lean @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +/- +Copyright 2026 The Formal Conjectures Authors. + +Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); +you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. +You may obtain a copy of the License at + + https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 + +Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software +distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, +WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. +See the License for the specific language governing permissions and +limitations under the License. +-/ +import FormalConjectures.Util.ProblemImports + +/-! +# Conjecture about cardinality of Lindelöf spaces + +The conjecture asks for a Lindelöf space where all singletons are G_δ sets +and which has cardinality > 𝔠. + +This is Problem 1 in https://www.math.md/files/basm/y2013-n2-3/y2013-n2-3-(pp37-46).pdf.pdf + +*Reference:* +* [Selected Old Open Problems in General Topology](https://www.math.md/files/basm/y2013-n2-3/y2013-n2-3-(pp37-46).pdf.pdf) + by A. V. Arhangel’skii + +-/ + +open Cardinal + +namespace CardinalityLindelof + +/-- +A space where all singletons are Gδ sets. +-/ +class HasGδSingletons (X : Type*) [TopologicalSpace X] : Prop where + isGδ_singleton : ∀ ⦃x : X⦄, IsGδ {x} + +/-- Singletons are Gδ in First-Countable T₁ Spaces- -/ +@[category test, AMS 54] +instance HasGδSingletons.of_t1Space_firstCountableTopology (X : Type*) [TopologicalSpace X] + [FirstCountableTopology X] [T1Space X] : HasGδSingletons X where + isGδ_singleton := IsGδ.singleton + +/-- +Is there a Lindelöf space with singletons as Gδ sets with cardinality greater than the continuum? +-/ +@[category research open, AMS 54] +theorem HasGδSingletons.lindelof_card : + ∃ (X : Type) (_ : TopologicalSpace X), HasGδSingletons X ∧ LindelofSpace X ∧ 𝔠 < #X := by + sorry + +-- TODO: under additional axioms (consistent with ZFC), such a space exists. + +end CardinalityLindelof