Abstract:
A topological space is said to be paranormal if every countable discrete collection of closed sets $\{D_n: n<\omega\}$ can be expanded to a locally finite collection of open sets $\{U_n: n<\omega\}$, i.e., $D_n\subset U_n$ and $D_m\cap U_n\not=\emptyset$ if and only if $D_m=D_n$. It is proved that if $\mathcal{F}:$ Comp $ \to$ Comp is a normal functor of degree $\geq 3$ and the compact space ${\mathcal{F}}(X)$ is hereditarily paranormal, then the compact space $X$ is metrizable.
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