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Keywords:
countably compact; initially $\kappa$-compact; weakly $\delta \theta$-refinable; $\kappa$-refinable; sequential
Summary:
We present short and elementary proofs of the following two known theorems in General Topology: (i) [H. Wicke and J. Worrell] A $T_1$ weakly $\delta \theta$-refinable countably compact space is compact. (ii) [A. Ostaszewski] A compact Hausdorff space which is a countable union of metrizable spaces is sequential.
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