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A space X is said to be κ-resolvable (resp., almost κ-resolvable) if it contains κ dense sets that are pairwise disjoint (resp., almost disjoint over the ideal of nowhere dense subsets). X is maximally resolvable if and only if it is Δ(X)-resolvable, where Δ(X) = min{|G| : G ≠ \(\not 0\) open}.
We show that every crowded monotonically normal (in short: MN) space is ω-resolvable and almost μ-resolvable, where μ = min{2ω, ω 2}. On the other hand, if κ is a measurable cardinal then there is a MN space X with Δ(X) = κ such that no subspace of X is ω 1-resolvable.
Any MN space of cardinality < ℵ ω is maximally resolvable. But from a supercompact cardinal we obtain the consistency of the existence of a MN space X with |X| = Δ(X) = ℵ ω such that no subspace of X is ω 2-resolvable.
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Juhász, I., Soukup, L. & Szentmiklóssy, Z. Resolvability and monotone normality. Isr. J. Math. 166, 1–16 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11856-008-1017-y
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