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Let $2 = \{0,1\}$ be endowed with the discrete topology. My hunch was the following:

Let $e_\mathbb{N}: \mathbb{N} \to 2^{2^{\mathbb{N}}}$ be the "evaluation map", that is, it is given by $$e_\mathbb{N}(n): 2^\mathbb{N}\ni f\mapsto f(n).$$

Then I hoped that $\text{im}(e_\mathbb{N})\subseteq 2^{2^{\mathbb{N}}}$ is dense, but I fear that if $\underline{1}\in 2^\mathbb{N}$ is the constant $1$-sequence, then $\pi^{-1}_{\underline{1}}(\{0\}) \cap \text{im}(e_\mathbb{N}) =\emptyset$.

So am I just misremembering something, or is the mistake elsewhere? Maybe $2^{2^{\mathbb{N}}}$ is not separable at all?

  • Dear Mr. van der Zypen, you've accepted Eric Wofsey's answer, so I imagine you understand it. Would you be so kind as to explain to me a couple points that I don't understand in Mr. Wofsey's answer? 1. At the end of the first paragraph he wrote: "These Boolean combinations will still form a countable set." I don't understand why this is so. If you start off with an infinitely countable set, isn't the set of all finite linear combinations of members of this set potentially non-countable? – Evan Aad Oct 26 '16 at 12:59
  • I don't understand the last sentence of the second paragraph: "for any function $f:S\rightarrow2$ there is a Boolean combination of the $e_{\mathbb{N}}(n)$ that agrees with $f$ on $S$." Why is this the case? Thanks.
  • – Evan Aad Oct 26 '16 at 12:59
  • The comments are too short to explain the answer to the questions you are asking - can you put them into a separate question, so I (or Eric Wofsey, or somebody else) can write an answer? Thanks! – Dominic van der Zypen Oct 26 '16 at 13:40
  • Will do. Thanks. – Evan Aad Oct 26 '16 at 13:47
  • Hewitt-Marczewski-Pondiczery theorem says that product of $\mathfrak c$-many separable spaces is separable; for some references see the link. Some other posts linked there might be of interest, too. – Martin Sleziak Oct 27 '16 at 01:47