Some Realcompact Spaces
Keywords:
$C^*$-embedding, $C$-embedding, copy of $\mathbb{N}$, realcompactAbstract
We present examples of realcompact spaces with closed subsets that are $C^*$-embedded but not $C$-embedded, including one where the closed set is a copy of $\mathbb{N}$.
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