*Definition [#e4f298a8]
-For an infinite cardinal number τ, a Tychonoff space X is said to be τ-pseudocompact provided that for every function &ref(http://www.eaflux.com/imgtex/imgtex.fcgi?%5bres=100%5d%7b%5c%5b%20f%5cin%20C%28X%2c%5cmathbb%7bR%7d%5e%7b%5ctau%7d%29%20%5c%5d%7d%25.png);, f(X) is compact.

*Reference [#qb28400b]
-''Encyclopedia of general topology'', Edited by Klaas Pieter Hart, Jun-iti Nagata and Jerry E. Vaughan. Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., Amsterdam, 2004.