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Some conjectures in general topology

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Description

### What is the conjecture
A nice list of open 20 problems can be found in
https://www.math.md/files/basm/y2013-n2-3/y2013-n2-3-(pp37-46).pdf.pdf

As far as I can tell (by going over citations in Google scholar), so far all are still open except Problem 11, which has been solved in
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2006.12675

Like usual in set theory related topics, many of the problems are known to be true under CH or some other additional axiom. A formalisation should probably reflect that.

Problem 1 is PR #1810.

I think this would be nice to have, as right now the repository basically only contains one conjecture in topology at all (#1776).

### Prerequisites needed
Most likely all problems need some sort of additional definition, but this is typically a fairly easy task.

### [AMS categories](https://github.com/google-deepmind/formal-conjectures/labels?q=ams-)

* ams-54

### Choose either option
- [ ] I plan on adding this conjecture to the repository
- [x] This issue is up for grabs: I would like to see this conjecture added by somebody else

Contributor guide

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Research direction

Start with the linked PDF and choose one of the still-open problems, then inspect PR #1810 and conjecture #1776 for repository conventions. Check the cited arXiv paper when assessing Problem 11. Done means the selected conjecture and any needed definitions or additional axioms are formalized in the repository.

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Assessment

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Feature
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5/5
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Over a week
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Quiet
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Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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