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How separable is a space? That depends on your set theory!
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1974), 310-314 Request permission

Abstract:

A. Wilansky has raised the question of the productive behaviour of the property of having a countable set, such that each point is a sequential limit point of the set. The set-theoretic consistency and independence of the proposition that this property is preserved by products of ${\aleph _1}$ factors is established.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1974 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 46 (1974), 310-314
  • MSC: Primary 54B10; Secondary 54E30
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1974-0362188-5
  • MathSciNet review: 0362188