A dichotomy for the convex spaces of probability measures

We show that every nonempty compact and convex space M of probability Radon measures either contains a measure which has `small' local character in M or else M contains a measure of `large' Maharam type. Such a dichotomy is related to several results on Radon measures on compact spaces and to some properties of Banach spaces of continuous functions.Comment: 10 page

Countable tightness in the spaces of regular probability measures

We prove that if $K$ is a compact space and the space $P(K\times K)$ of regular probability measures on $K\times K$ has countable tightness in its $weak^*$ topology, then $L_1(\mu)$ is separable for every $\mu\in P(K)$. It has been known that such a result is a consequence of Martin's axiom MA$(\omega_1)$. Our theorem has several consequences; in particular, it generalizes a theorem due to Bourgain and Todor\v{c}evi\'c on measures on Rosenthal compacta.Comment: 9 page

On Efimov spaces and Radon measures

We give a construction under CH of an infinite Hausdorff compact space having no converging sequences and carrying no Radon measure of uncountable type. Under ? we obtain another example of a compact space with no convergent sequences, which in addition has the stronger property that every nonatomic Radon measure on it is uniformly regular. This example refutes a conjecture of Mercourakis from 1996 stating that if every measure on a compact space K is uniformly regular then K is necessarily sequentially compact

On measures on Rosenthal compacta

We show that if K is Rosenthal compact which can be represented by functions with countably many discontinuities then every Radon measure on K is countably determined. We also present an alternative proof of the result stating that every Radon measure on an arbitrary Rosenthal compactum is of countable type. Our approach is based on some caliber-type properties of measures, parameterized by separable metrizable spaces.Comment: 14 page

Precalibre pairs of measure algebras

AbstractWe consider Radon measures μ and pairs (κ,λ) of cardinals such that among every κ many positive measure sets there are λ many whose intersection is nonempty. Such families are connected with the cardinal invariants of the ideal of μ-null sets and have found applications in various subjects of topological measure theory. We survey many of such connections and applications and give some new ones. In particular we show that it is consistent to have a Corson compact space carrying a Radon measure of type c>ℵ1 and we partially answer a question of Haydon about measure precalibres