Three different notions of an independent family of sets are considered, and it is shown that they are all equivalent under certain conditions. In particular it is proved that in a compact space $X$ in which there is a dyadic system of size $\tau$ there exists also an independent matrix of closed subsets of size $\tau\times 2^\tau$. The cardinal function $M(X,\kappa)$ counting the number of disjoint closed subsets of size larger than or equal to $\kappa$ is introduced and some of its basic properties are studied.

### Independent-type structures and the number of closed subsets of a space.

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Three different notions of an independent family of sets are considered, and it is shown that they are all equivalent under certain conditions. In particular it is proved that in a compact space $X$ in which there is a dyadic system of size $\tau$ there exists also an independent matrix of closed subsets of size $\tau\times 2^\tau$. The cardinal function $M(X,\kappa)$ counting the number of disjoint closed subsets of size larger than or equal to $\kappa$ is introduced and some of its basic properties are studied.
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2008
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