In [5] the following question was put: are there any maximal n.d. sets in $\omega^*$? Already in [9] the negative answer (under {\bf MA}) to this question was obtained. Moreover, in [9] it was shown that no $P$-set can be maximal n.d. In the present paper the notion of a maximal n.d. $P$-set is introduced and it is proved that under {\bf CH} there is no such a set in $\omega^*$. The main results are Theorem 1.10 and especially Theorem 2.7(ii) (with Example in Section 3) in which the problem of the existence of maximal n.d. $P$-sets in basically disconnected compact spaces with rich families of n.d. $P$-sets is actually solved.
@article{119251, author = {Andrey V. Koldunov and Aleksandr I. Veksler}, title = {Maximal nowhere dense $P$-sets in basically disconnected spaces and $F$-spaces}, journal = {Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae}, volume = {42}, year = {2001}, pages = {363-378}, zbl = {1053.54041}, mrnumber = {1832155}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/119251} }
Koldunov, Andrey V.; Veksler, Aleksandr I. Maximal nowhere dense $P$-sets in basically disconnected spaces and $F$-spaces. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 42 (2001) pp. 363-378. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/119251/
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