Transitivity is neither hereditary nor finitely productive

AbstractWe construct a transitive space that is the union of two subspaces homeomorphic to the (non-transitive) Kofner plane. Moreover, we show that the product of two transitive spaces need not be transitive. Finally, we observe that results of E.K. van Douwen establish that, under b = c, there exists a locally countable locally compact non-transitive zero-dimensional space. It follows that under b = c neither a locally transitive nor a compact space need be transitive