As is well-known, every product of a locally compact space with a $k$-space is a $k$-space. But, the product of a separable metric space with a $k$-space need not be a $k$-space. In this paper, we consider conditions for products to be $k$-spaces, and pose some related questions.
@article{119390, author = {Yoshio Tanaka}, title = {Products of $k$-spaces, and questions}, journal = {Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae}, volume = {44}, year = {2003}, pages = {335-345}, zbl = {1100.54006}, mrnumber = {2026168}, language = {en}, url = {http://dml.mathdoc.fr/item/119390} }
Tanaka, Yoshio. Products of $k$-spaces, and questions. Commentationes Mathematicae Universitatis Carolinae, Tome 44 (2003) pp. 335-345. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/119390/
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