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+import FormalConjectures.Util.ProblemImports
+
+/-!
+# Conjectures about Weakly First Countable spaces
+
+This file formalizes the notion of a weakly first countable topological space and some conjectures
+around those.
+
+*References:*
+* [Ar2013] Arhangeliski, Alexandr. "Selected old open problems in general topology."
+  Buletinul Academiei de Ştiinţe a Republicii Moldova. Matematica 73.2-3 (2013): 37-46.
+  https://www.math.md/files/basm/y2013-n2-3/y2013-n2-3-(pp37-46).pdf.pdf
+* [Ya1976] Yakovlev, N. N. "On the theory of o-metrizable spaces."
+  Doklady Akademii Nauk. Vol. 229. No. 6. Russian Academy of Sciences, 1976.
+  https://www.mathnet.ru/links/016f74007f9f96fa3aadae05cbd98457/dan40570.pdf (in Russian)
+-/
+
+open TopologicalSpace
+open scoped Cardinal
+
+namespace WeaklyFirstCountable
+
+/-- A topological space $X$ is called *weakly first countable* if there exists a function
+$N : X → ℕ → Set X, such that:
+
+* For all $x : X, n : ℕ$ we have $x ∈ V x n$
+* For all $x : X, n : ℕ$: $V (n + 1) x ⊆ V n x$
+* $O ⊆ X$ is open iff $∀ x ∈ O, ∃ n : ℕ, V x n ⊆ O$
+-/
+class WeaklyFirstCountableTopology (X : Type*) [TopologicalSpace X] : Prop where
+  nhds_countable_weak_basis : ∃ V : X → ℕ → Set X, ∀ (x : X), Antitone (V x) ∧ ∀ (n : ℕ), x ∈ V x n ∧
+    ∀ O : Set X, IsOpen O ↔ ∀ x ∈ O, ∃ k : ℕ, V x k ⊆ O
+
+/-- There are weakly first countable spaces which are not first countable,
+for example the [Arens Space](https://topology.pi-base.org/spaces/S000156). -/
+@[category undergraduate, AMS 54]
+theorem exists_weakly_first_countable_not_first_countable : ∃ (X : Type) (_ : TopologicalSpace X),
+      WeaklyFirstCountableTopology X ∧ ¬ FirstCountableTopology X := by sorry
+
+/-- Every first countable space is weakly first countable,
+simply take $N x$ as a countable neighborhood basis of $x$. -/
+@[category test, AMS 54]
+instance FirstCountableTopology.weaklyFirstCountableTopology (X : Type*) [TopologicalSpace X]
+    [FirstCountableTopology X] : WeaklyFirstCountableTopology X where
+  nhds_countable_weak_basis := by sorry
+
+/-- Problem 2 in [Ar2013]: Give an example in ZFC of a weakly first-
+countable compact space X such that $𝔠 < |X|$. -/
+@[category research open, AMS 54]
+theorem existsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactBig : answer(sorry) ↔
+    ∃ (X : Type) (_ : TopologicalSpace X),
+      WeaklyFirstCountableTopology X ∧ CompactSpace X ∧ 𝔠 < #X := by sorry
+
+/-- Problem 3 in [Ar2013]: Give an example in ZFC of a weakly first-
+countable compact space which is not first countable. -/
+def ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable : Prop :=
+    ∃ (X : Type) (_ : TopologicalSpace X), WeaklyFirstCountableTopology X ∧ CompactSpace X ∧
+      ¬ FirstCountableTopology X
+
+/-- Problem 4 in [Ar2013]: Give an example in ZFC of a weakly first-
+countable compact space X which is not first countable. -/
+@[category test, AMS 54]
+theorem existsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable :
+    ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable := by sorry
+
+/-- Under CH, such a space exists as constructed in [Ya1976] by Yakovlev. -/
+@[category research solved, AMS 54]
+theorem CH.existsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable [Fact (ℵ₁ = 𝔠)] :
+    ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable := by sorry
+
+-- TODO: add Problem 4 in [Ar2013]
+
+end WeaklyFirstCountable