Some embeddings related to C*-embeddings

Abstract A space S is R*-embedded (G*-embedded) in a space X if two disjoint regular closed sets (closure disjoint open sets) of S are contained in disjoint regular closed sets (extended to closure disjoint open sets) of X. A space S is R-extendable to a space X if any regular closed set of S can be extended to a regular closed set of X. It is shown that R*-embedding and G*-embedding are identical with C*-embedding for certain fairly general classes of Tychonoff spaces. Under certain conditions it is shown that R-extendability is related to z-embedding. Spaces in which the regular open sets are C and C*-embedded are also investigated.