J Austral Math Soc Ser A 49 pp231--240, 1990.
(Received 15 April 1989; revised 31 October 1989)
We prove the following results: (1) A quasi-metrizable space is compact if and only if every compatible quasi-metric has a quasi-metric left d-sequential completion. (2) A quasi-pseudometrizable space is countably compact if and only if every compatible quasi-pseudometric is pointwise bounded. (3) A quasi-pseudometrizable space is compct if and only if every compatible quasi-pseudometric is precompact.
1980 AMS Subject Classification (1985 Revision): 54D30, 54E35, 54E45, 54E50, 54E52
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