Distances to spaces of first resolvable class mappings

TL;DR

This paper explores the properties and distances of mappings in the first resolvable class, using fragmentability, and introduces the countable oscillation rank to analyze their structure in non-metrizable spaces.

Contribution

It generalizes existing results on mappings of the first resolvable class and introduces the countable oscillation rank for better understanding of their properties.

Findings

Partial generalization of previous results on resolvable class mappings.

Introduction of the countable oscillation rank and its properties.

Relation of the new rank to existing classes of mappings.

Abstract

We study the mappings of the first resolvable class defined by G. Koumoullis as a valuable tool to address the point of continuity property in the non-metrizable setting. First, we investigate the distance of a general mapping to the family of mappings of the first resolvable class via the \emph{fragmentability} quantity. We partially generalize papers of B. Cascales, W. Marciszewski, M. Raja; C. Angosto, B. Cascales, I. Namioka; and J. Spurn\'{y}. Second, we introduce the class of mappings with the countable oscillation rank, study its basic properties and relate it to the mappings of the first resolvable class and other well known classes of mappings. This rank has been in a less general context considered by S.~A. Argyros, R. Haydon and some others.