A note on the problem when FS-domains coincide with RB-domains

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce the notion of super finitely separating functions which gives a characterization of RB-domains. Then we prove that FS-domains and RB-domains are equivalent in some special cases by the following three claims: a dcpo is an RB-domain if and only if there exists an approximate identity for it consisting of super finitely separating functions; a consistent join-semilattice is an FS-domain if and only if it is an RB-domain; an L-domain is an FS-domain if and only if it is an RB-domain. These results are expected to provide useful hints to the open problem of whether FS-domains are identical with RB-domains.

Keywords

• FS-domains
• RB-domains
• Super finitely separating functions
• L-domains