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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 topologocal space $X$ is called *weakly first countable* if there exists a function
$N : X → ℕ → Set X, such that:

* For all $x : X, k : ℕ$ we have x ∈ N x k
* $O ⊆ X$ is open iff $∀ x ∈ O, ∃ k : ℕ, N x k ⊆ O$
-/
class WeaklyFirstCountableTopology (X : Type*) [TopologicalSpace X] : Prop where
nhds_countable_weak_basis : ∃ N : X → ℕ → Set X, ∀ (x : X) (k : ℕ), x ∈ N x k ∧
∀ O : Set X, IsOpen O ↔ ∀ x ∈ O, ∃ k : ℕ, N x k ⊆ O

/-- 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 2 in [Ar2013]: Give an example in ZFC of a weakly first-
countable compact space X such that $𝔠 < |X|$. -/
def ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable : Prop :=
∃ (X : Type*) (_ : TopologicalSpace X), WeaklyFirstCountableTopology X ∧ CompactSpace X ∧
¬ FirstCountableTopology X

/-- Problem 3 in [Ar2013]: Give an example in ZFC of a weakly first-
countable compact space X which is not first countable. -/
def existsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable :
ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable := by sorry

/-- Under CH, such a space exists as constructed in [Ya1976] by Yakovlev. -/
@[category research solved, AMS 54]
theorem CH.existsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable (CH : ℵ₁ = 𝔠) :
ExistsWeaklyFirstCountableCompactNotFirstCountable := by sorry

-- TODO: add Problem 4 in [Ar2013]

end WeaklyFirstCountable
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