Title: A monotone version of the Sokolov property and monotone retractability in function spaces
Abstract: We introduce the monotone Sokolov property and show that it is dual to monotone retractability in the sense that X is monotonically retractable if and only if Cp(X) is monotonically Sokolov. Besides, a space X is monotonically Sokolov if and only if Cp(X) is monotonically retractable. Monotone retractability and monotone Sokolov property are shown to be preserved by R-quotient images and Fσ-subspaces. Furthermore, every monotonically retractable space is Sokolov so it is collectionwise normal and has countable extent. We also establish that if X and Cp(X) are Lindelöf Σ-spaces then they are both monotonically retractable and have the monotone Sokolov property. An example is given of a space X such that Cp(X) has the Lindelöf Σ-property but neither X nor Cp(X) is monotonically retractable. We also establish that every Lindelöf Σ-space with a unique non-isolated point is monotonically retractable. On the other hand, each Lindelöf space with a unique non-isolated point is monotonically Sokolov.