Examples separating total countable compactness variants and ω-boundedness
Construct topological spaces witnessing the separations: (a) Construct a space that is totally countably compact for finite sets—i.e., for every sequence of finite subsets (F_n) of the space there exists an infinite A ⊆ ω such that the union ⋃_{n∈A} F_n is compact—but is not ω-bounded (there exists a countable subset whose closure is not compact). (b) Construct a space that is totally countably compact—i.e., for every sequence (C_n) of subsets of the space there exists an infinite A ⊆ ω such that {C_n : n ∈ A} is compact—but is not totally countably compact for finite sets.
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Problem 2.2. (1) Find an example of a space which is totally countably compact for finite sets but not w-bounded. (2) Find an example of a space which is totally countably compact but not totally countably compact for finite sets.